Atticus Finch

"Staring at the floor, I was about to give up when something occurred to me."

"Every lawyer gets at least one case in a lifetime that affects him personally."

"It ain't right and it ain't fittin'."

"A lawyer's hardest job is not presenting cases, it's living with himself."

"What you have to understand is that the law isn't always the same as justice."

"You can't choose your family, but you can choose to stand by them."

"Being old is nothing to fear."

"Every man has his own particular cross to bear."

"Take care of your family first, then the world."

"I've never understood people who point guns at you and then expect you to like them."

"Give people another chance; everybody deserves one."

"There's nothing that makes a man feel smaller than knowing he's being looked down upon."

"You'll understand when you're older why some doors stay locked."

"The purity of a heart is always expressed in the simplest of ways."

"Keeping one's word is the foundation of trust."

"Trying to find peace in a war is like trying to find light in darkness."

"You can't really understand what someone is like until you stand in their shoes."

"A man who is willing to die for his principles is a man worth knowing."

"Standing up for what's right doesn't always make you popular."

"Your name is your own to keep clean."

"A decent life is one where you've tried to do right by others."

"There is no greater gift than to teach a child to think for themselves."

"Hatred is a burden that grows heavier the longer you carry it."

"When faced with a crisis, your true character emerges."

"I'd rather be the man who did the right thing and lost than the man who won by doing wrong."

"The world needs people who are willing to stand alone."

"Children are naturally honest until we teach them otherwise."

"Dignity is something you carry within yourself, not something given to you."

"To understand a man's life, you must know where he comes from."

"A father's greatest responsibility is to raise his children with courage and integrity."