Life Lessons Quote by Harper Lee — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”

“Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.”

“Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.”

“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.”

“La seule chose qui ne doive pas céder à la loi de la majorité est la conscience de l'individu”

“As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.”

“The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done.”

“A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.”

“Where there is a willingness to face the battlefield, there is a chance for victory.”

“Evaluate how you should proceed from here and change anything that needs to be changed while you can.”

“Fight back if you must, especially in situations where your kind heart is not treated right.”

“Some people are campaigning against your walking through the door of your success, and you are there calling them friends. Think about that.”