Quotes From Literature That Will Actually Change Your Life

Here are some pretty impactful quotes from famous literature that will change your mindset and your life, curated by the Gotitles review team.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

—Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."

—J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye

"I assign myself no rank or any limit, and such an attitude is very much against the trend of the times. But my world has become one of infinite possibilities."

—Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do."

—David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

—Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

"Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.'"

—Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It...tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be."

—Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."

—J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

—Paulo Coehlo, Brida

"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."

— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

"I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you."

—Christopher Paolini, Eldest

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