30 Insightful Life Lessons From Your Favorite Childhood Books

“But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

— J.K Rowling, amazon.com

“Believing takes practice.”

— Madeleine L’Engle, amazon.com

“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

— Margery Williams, amazon.com

“And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.”

— Roald Dahl, amazon.com

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett, amazon.com

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”

— Dr. Suess, imdb.com

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

— A.A. Milne, amazon.com

“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.”

— Roald Dahl, amazon.com

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, amazon.com

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”

— J.M. Barrie, amazon.com

“The same substance composes us--the tree overhead, the stone beneath us, the bird, the beast, the star--we are all one, all moving to the same end.”

— P.L. Travers, amazon.com

“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.”

— L. Frank Baum, amazon.com

“We're all mad here.”

— Lewis Carrol, amazon.com

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

— Louisa May Alcott, amazon.com

“The very things that held you down are gonna carry you up and up and up.”

— Helen Aberson, amazon.com

“Setting out on an adventure is thrilling, but coming home is even better.”

— Maurice Sendak, amazon.com

“Always help those less powerful than yourself.”

— Dr. Suess, imdb.com

“Don’t suppress your individuality for the sake of conformity.”

— Lois Lowry, amazon.com

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”

— A.A. Milne, amazon.com

“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perh…”

— E.B White, amazon.com

“What day is it?’, asked Winnie the Pooh. ‘It’s today,’ squeaked Piglet. ‘My favorite day,’ said Pooh.”

— A.A. Milne, amazon.com

“Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is a good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy.”

— Shel Silverstein, amazon.com

“You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”

— Lewis Carrol, amazon.com

“The sun was rising behind her now; she could feel the heat on her back, and it gave her courage.”

— William Goldman, amazon.com

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall. Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”

— Roald Dahl, amazon.com

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

— J.K Rowling, amazon.com

“I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.”

— Robert Munsch, amazon.com

“The more he gave away, the more delighted he became.”

— Marcus Pfister, amazon.com

“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.”

— Watty Piper, amazon.com

“It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our true friends.”

— Brothers Grimm, amazon.com