Children Literature Quotes:

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

- Lewis Carroll

source: Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

topic: Ignorance, Six, Breakfast, Impossible Dream, Favourite Book

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

- Roald Dahl

source: Roald Dahl (2017). “Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)”, p.77, Penguin UK

topic: Inspirational, Life, Believe, Inspirational Children, Magical Places

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

- Roald Dahl

source: Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

topic: Life, Happiness, Beauty, Always Happy, Good Thoughts

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

source: Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

topic: Beauty, Uplifting, Teacher, Good Thoughts, Sunbeams

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.

- E. B. White

topic: Friendship, Change, Wisdom, Children's Books, Charlotte's Web

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

source: Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco (2011). “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Became Real”, p.14, Marshall Cavendish

topic: Real, Eye, Hair, Children's Books, Children's Literature

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-Exupery

source: Le Petit Prince ch. 21 (1943)

topic: Love, Life, Determination, Great Marriage, Inspirational Children

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

- Louisa May Alcott

source: J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1082, e-artnow

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Wisdom, Storms Of Life, Tall Ships

I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.

- Jim Carrey

topic: Ideas, Matter, Persons, Great Respect, Respect Life

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

- James M. Barrie

source: James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)”, p.85, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Improve Self Esteem, Self-doubt

Some days are like that. Even in Australia.

- Judith Viorst

topic: Australia, Children's Literature, Children Literature, Classic Book

In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...

- Margaret Wise Brown

topic: Cat, Moon, Jumping, Children Literature

In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.

- Margaret Wise Brown

topic: Song, Children, Childhood, Children's Literature, Children Literature

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

- Julie Andrews

source: Song: A Spoonful of Sugar

topic: Teacher, Jobs, Fun, Children's Literature, Children Literature

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

- Aesop

source: Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happiness, Making A Difference In The World, Joy Happiness

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.

- A. A. Milne

topic: Friendship, Relationship, Confidence, Makes You Stronger, Long Relationship

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

- Dr. Seuss

source: Dr. Seuss (1998). “Seuss-isms: Wise and Witty Prescriptions for Living from the Good Doctor”, Random House Books for Young Readers

topic: Inspirational, Life, Cheer Up, Great Respect, Respect Life

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

- Dr. Seuss

source: The Lorax (1971)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Fun, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Children

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

- J. K. Rowling

source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Make The Right Choice, Making Good Choices