Children’s books are filled with lessons about morals, bravery, confidence, kindness, and much more. The best ones leave you with ideas and words so magical you remember them for years to come. Here is a list of 50 quotes from children’s story books guaranteed to inspire and impact children and adults.
1. “Be who you are and say how you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
2. “Promise me you’ll remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think.” – Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
3. “So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” – The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
4. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
5. “A little drop of paint lets your imagination run wild. A smudge and a smear can make magic appear.” – Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
6. “Not trying is much worse than failing.” – A World Without Failures by Esther Pia Cordova
7. “People who love each other are always connected by a very special string made of love. Even though you can’t see it with your eyes, you can feel it with your heart and know that you are always connected to everyone you love.” – The Invisible String By Patrice Karst
8. “We all can dance when we find music that we love.” – Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrea and Guy Parker-Rees
9. “I guess you can’t fight nature. We are what we are.” – I Don’t Want To Be A Frog by Dev Petty
10. “Normal is whatever you are.” – Leo the Lop by Stephen Cosgrove
11. “Find your own way, you don’t have to follow the crowd. There’s only one you in this great big world.” – Only One You by Linda Kranz
12. “You never really know how far a smile can go. When one comes your way, it may have traveled thousands of miles and cheered millions of people before it reached you. – A Smile That Went Around the World by Patrice Karst
13. “You’re great no matter what! You are worthwhile simply because you’re alive. Never forget this, and you’re sure to thrive.” – Unstoppable Me! by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
14. “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely.” – The Twits by Roald Dahl
15. “Happily ever after doesn’t begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.” – The Frog Prince by Stephen Mitchell
16. “You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.” – Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
17. “It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.” – The Annotated Peter Pan (The Centennial Edition) by J.M. Barrie
18. “Setting out on an adventure is thrilling, but coming home is even better.” – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
19. “There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.” – James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
20. “The real things haven’t changed. It is still best, to be honest, and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures, and have courage when things go wrong.” – The Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
21. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
22. “Inside all of us is Hope. Inside all of us is Fear.Inside all of us is Adventure.Inside all of us is… A Wild Thing.” – Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
23. “How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live ’em. How much love is inside a friend? Depends on how much you give ’em.” – A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
24. “I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be.” – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
25. “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.” – The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
26. “Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it’s the warrior who wields it.” – Redwall by Brian Jacques
27. “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it… Yet.” – Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
28. “I love you right up to the moon and back.” – Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
29. “You can’t pick out the pieces and leave the rest. Being part of the whole thing, that’s the blessing.” – Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
30. “Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better.” – Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
31.” If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew. Just go right along, and you’ll start happing too.” – Oh. The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
32. “Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. – Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
33. “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times when one only remembers to turn on the light. – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
34. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” – Oh, the Places you’ll Go by Dr. Suess
35. “The teacher taught me the word in school. I wrote it in my book. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. Beautiful! I think it means something that when you have it, your heart is happy.” – Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
36. “But then I realized, what do they really know? This is MY idea, I thought. No one knows it like I do. And it’s okay if it’s different and weird, and maybe a little crazy.” – What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
37. “Daddy tells me it is beautiful. That makes me proud. I love that my hair lets me be me!” – Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
38. “Never hurry and never worry!” – Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
39. ” People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven’t you?” – Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
40. “Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it.” – James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
41. “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
42. “Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary?” – The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie
43. “Books have to be heavy because the whole world’s inside them.” – Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
44. “It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
45. “You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz. “All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.” – Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
46. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
47. “Whenever you feel lonely and need a little loving from home, just press your hand to your cheek and think, ‘Mommy loves you. Mommy loves you.'” – The Kissing Hand by Audry Penn
48. “Thank you for the sun above, thank you for my friends I love, thank you for the earth and air, thank you for the food to share.” – An Awesome Book of Thanks by Dallas Clayton
49. “A little drop of paint lets your imagination run wild. A smudge and a smear can make magic appear.” – Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
50. “Out there, under the stars, I really tried to focus on myself and what I needed. I took walks, I read books, I floated in the river, I wrote in my journal and found simple moments to be quiet.” – The Good Egg by Jory John and Pete Oswald
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