60 Best To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes

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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Empathy Understanding Perspective Morality
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice Perception Judgment Society
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence Growth Appreciation Childhood
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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Integrity Morality Struggle
Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. – Miss Maudie
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence injustice Morality Compassion
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Conscience Morality Integrity Individuality
Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Justice Courage Struggle Morality
I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Equality Humanity Innocence Prejudice
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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Integrity Character Prejudice Strength
Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Conscience Integrity Self-Respect Morality
They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird tolerance Conscience Integrity Respect
Things are never as bad as they seem.
To Kill a Mockingbird Hope Perspective Optimism Life
It's not time to worry yet. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Calm Perspective Fatherhood
I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Childhood Innocence Growth Rebellion
You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't. – Jem Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Family tolerance identity Society
Atticus, he was real nice... Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Goodness Empathy Understanding Humanity
I should like to keep you with me all the rest of my life, but that cannot be. So you will go to school and learn. – Uncle Jack
To Kill a Mockingbird Family Education Growth Childhood
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. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Fatherhood Integrity Morality
We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple. – Miss Maudie
To Kill a Mockingbird Respect Integrity Trust Community
I wanted to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
To Kill a Mockingbird Courage definition Strength Morality
There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence Loss Fatherhood Reality
It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike. – Aunt Alexandra
To Kill a Mockingbird gender Society manners Tradition
I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird gender Childhood Prejudice identity
So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence Humanity Morality mob mentality
She has committed no sin, she has only broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice Society Racism injustice
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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Dignity Courage Non-violence Strength
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, that white man is trash. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Racism Morality Justice Integrity
Don't see how any jury could convict on what we heard. – Jem Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird injustice Naivety loss of innocence Racism
I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he wants to stay inside. – Jem Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Isolation Society Understanding Prejudice
Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird neighbor Compassion Understanding Humanity
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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Empathy Understanding Perspective
Mockingbirds don't do one thing but 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. – Miss Maudie
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence Morality injustice
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Conscience Integrity Morality
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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Integrity Perseverance
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. – Judge Taylor
To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice Perception bias
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence Growth Appreciation
I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Equality Innocence Humanity
It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike. – Aunt Alexandra
To Kill a Mockingbird gender manners Tradition
Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Parenting Growth Understanding
Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Innocence Morality protection
I'm simply defending a Negro—his name's Tom Robinson. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Justice Racism duty
They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it—seems that only children weep. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird injustice Racism Innocence
I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Childhood Innocence Self-Perception
Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another. – Miss Maudie
To Kill a Mockingbird Religion Hypocrisy Morality
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. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Integrity Character Resilience
Things are always better in the morning. – Atticus Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Hope Optimism Comfort
I ain't cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin' the truth's not cynical, is it? – Jem Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Honesty Innocence Disillusionment
Atticus, he was real nice. Most people are, when you finally see them. – Scout Finch
To Kill a Mockingbird Empathy Goodness Understanding
We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for us. – Miss Maudie
To Kill a Mockingbird Morality Courage Righteousness
Let the dead bury the dead. – Mr. Underwood
To Kill a Mockingbird Justice Morality Moving on
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