Harper Lee Quotes

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. – Harper Lee

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. – Harper Lee

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks. – Harper Lee

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. – Harper Lee

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

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. – Harper Lee

The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one that makes you think. – Harper Lee

The truth is always the right answer. – Harper Lee

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. – Harper Lee

You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family. – Harper Lee

Some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal. – Harper Lee

People don’t like to see their deepest beliefs ridiculed even if they have no idea they hold them. – Harper Lee

The only thing we’ve got is the rule of law. It’s the only thing that gives us the illusion of order. – Harper Lee

Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another. – Harper Lee

It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you. – Harper Lee

Things are always better in the morning. – Harper Lee

Real courage is when you fight for what is right despite the odds and possible consequences. – Harper Lee

You can’t really get to know a person until you really listen to them. – Harper Lee

Things are always better in the morning. – Harper Lee

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks. – Harper Lee

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. – Harper Lee

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

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. – Harper Lee

The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one that makes you think. – Harper Lee

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. – Harper Lee

You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family. – Harper Lee

Some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal. – Harper Lee

People don’t like to see their deepest beliefs ridiculed even if they have no idea they hold them. – Harper Lee

The only thing we’ve got is the rule of law. It’s the only thing that gives us the illusion of order. – Harper Lee

Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another. – Harper Lee

It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you. – Harper Lee

You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skull and walk around in it. – Harper Lee

The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. – Harper Lee

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. – Harper Lee

The one place where a man ought to find privacy is in his own head. – Harper Lee

You can’t really get to know a person until you really listen to them. – Harper Lee

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. – Harper Lee

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. – Harper Lee

Don’t try to understand ’em, just love ’em. – Harper Lee

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. – Harper Lee

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. – Harper Lee

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. – Harper Lee

People think a child learns by absorbing knowledge. But it’s not that simple. They don’t just watch and learn; they test the things they see, try them out. They learn by doing, and only testing tells you how you’re doing. – Harper Lee

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. – Harper Lee

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. – Harper Lee

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