The 10 Best Book Quotes to Live By

“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.” —H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” —Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs." —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"It's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it." —Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” —John Steinbeck, East of Eden

"It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you." —Roald Dahl, The Witches

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone … just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.” —Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire