I am trying something new this week! Top Ten Tuesdays is a tradition originally started by the Broke and Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week a new topic is posted and any book bloggers interested are willing to share their take on that weeks topic. This week I want to share my top ten wisdom quotes from books.

#1

“Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it.“

Dandelion Fire, N. D. Wilson

#2

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling

#3

“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”

The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

#4

“Perhaps only when human effort had done it’s best and failed, would God’s power alone be free to work.”

The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom

#5

“Parents almost always want what’s best for their children. They just don’t always know what that is.”

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, Jeanne Birdsall

#6

“I don’t like it, papa,” she said. “But then I dare say soldiers – even brave ones – don’t really like going into battle.”

The Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett

#7

“We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.”

1984, George Orwell

#8

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery

#9

“The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”

The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis

#10

“Not being heard is no reason for silence.”

Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

These are some personal ones that came to mind. If you have any alternative suggestions, I would love to see them in the comment section!