Charles Dickens Quotes
The great Victorian novelist behind A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Dickens wrote about hardship, kindness and hope with unmatched heart. Below are 16 of the most loved Charles Dickens quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Reflect upon your present blessings, on which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
A merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us every one!
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth.
Family need not be defined merely by last name or by blood; it is defined by commitment and by love.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
We forge the chains we wear in life.
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.