Charles Dickens Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Charles Dickens quotes, Charles Dickens sayings, and Charles Dickens proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens
The important thing is this: to be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become. Charles Dickens
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. Charles Dickens
We need never be ashamed of our tears. Charles Dickens
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. Charles Dickens
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
The New Year, like an infant heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings. Charles Dickens
A new heart for a New Year, always! Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Charles Dickens
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Charles Dickens
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens
Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible. Charles Dickens
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. Charles Dickens
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. Charles Dickens
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens
There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated. Charles Dickens
Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. Charles Dickens
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. Charles Dickens
All good ends can be worked out by good means. Those that cannot, are bad; and may be counted so at once, and left alone. Charles Dickens
I will honor christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. Charles Dickens
I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. Charles Dickens
Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. Charles Dickens
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. Charles Dickens
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Charles Dickens
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Charles Dickens