Quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird

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

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

There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you.

It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

The only thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

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

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

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

You can choose to follow the herd or you can make your own path.

It’s not fair to judge someone by the color of their skin.

Innocence is a fragile thing, easily shattered by the harsh realities of the world.

Sometimes it’s better to be kind than to be right.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it.

There is no greater injustice than treating someone differently because of their race.

The true measure of a person is how they treat those who can do nothing for them.

Prejudice is born out of ignorance and fear.

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

The strongest weapon against injustice is education.

There is no greater crime than the unjust persecution of the innocent.

Quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird part 2

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is simply stand up for what you believe in.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Compassion and understanding have the power to change the world.

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

Maycomb was a town of old, tired, and worn-out people.

The only thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.

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.

They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it — seems that only the children weep.

As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it — whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

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 see it through no matter what.

The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.

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

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

Things are never as bad as they seem.

People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.

Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself.

Atticus, he was real nice. . . .

Atticus, he was real nice. . . .

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

Hey, boo.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

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