Charles Dickens

"Courage is the capacity to feel fear and act anyway."

"The prison of poverty is built by the hands of the indifferent."

"A secret burns in the heart until it finds expression."

"Nature heals what society has broken."

"The truest wealth is not measured in pounds but in peace of mind."

"Children see with clearer eyes than the corrupted vision of adults."

"Loneliness is the poverty of self, solitude is the richness of self."

"The human capacity for hope is boundless if we do not lose faith."

"What we call fate may be merely our own failure to understand ourselves."

"The greatest victories are won not in loud moments but in quiet suffering."

"Love is an anchor in the storm of life."

"Every person has a spark of divinity within them."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas simultaneously."

"What makes life bearable is not the absence of suffering but the presence of meaning."

"The human heart is an ocean of mysteries."

"Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark."

"We are all works in progress, sculpted by our choices and our loves."

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life depends wholly on these pages."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"Call me cruel, but I have a weakness for the sufferings of my fellow-creatures."

"The secret to life is not in achieving great things, but in finding meaning in small ones."

"A man who sees another man's misery and passes by is himself a miserable creature."

"The most important thing is not to be alone with our griefs."

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they water our growth."

"The moment I saw you, I knew that an adventure was going to happen."

"Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess."

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many."