by M.A. Dal Cero

Created on: April 30, 2009   Last Updated: May 19, 2009

There have been so many inspiring and profound statements made in literary works by countless individuals throughout the course of history. We often feel a connection to the words of others because we all share in the miracle of life. We may be of varying races, religions, and stages of life, but we relate to each other based on the fact that we all experience the emotions connected with being human. We endure hardship, we feel immense joy, we grieve over failure and loss, and we revel in success. The words of others within the pages of literature serve a purpose, for we draw on them in times of need, and when our own resources are running low.

I have always believed in the priceless value of quotes. I look to them often when I am in need of inspiration, faith, courage, and most importantly, words of wisdom. The following are just a few of the literary quotes that touch my heart and speak to my soul.

-"My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time."-Charles Dickens, from David Copperfield

-"Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living."-Gilbert Parker, from The Translation of a Savage

-"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."-Charlotte Bronte, from Jane Eyre

-"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."-Emily Bronte, from Wuthering Heights

-"The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another."-George Bernard Shaw, from Pygmalion

-"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she."-William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet

-"Adam was but human-this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent."-Mark Twain, from The Adventures of Pudd'nhead Wilson

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