Charlotte Brontë Quotes

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. Below is a curated list of the best Charlotte Brontë quotes.

Birth: April 21, 1816 - Death: March 31, 1855

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Topic(s): Mind , Life , Dream

Adversity is a good school.

Topic(s): Inspirational , School , Motivational

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Love , Women

Remorse is the poison of life.

Topic(s): Life , Regret , Poison

Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force!

Topic(s): Force , Gentleness

Look twice before you leap.

Topic(s): Looks , Life , Responsibility

It is always the way of events in this life,…no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired.

Topic(s): Way , Moving , Hours

You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections: There is nothing like it in this world.

Topic(s): World , Knows , Wells

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Topic(s): Thinking , Life , Feelings

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

Topic(s): Men , Looks , Effort

I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery.

Topic(s): Deals , Flattery , Rudeness

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Charlotte Brontë Quotes