Charles Dickens Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.

The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.

The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.

Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

Some people are nobody's enemies but their own

Some people are nobody's enemies but their own

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.

Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.

Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.

Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.

True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.

True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.

One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.

One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.

Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

Reflect upon your present blessings

Reflect upon your present blessings

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colours of my life were changing.

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colours of my life were changing.

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

When you drink of the water, don't forget the spring from which it flows.

When you drink of the water, don't forget the spring from which it flows.

The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Least said, soonest mended

Least said, soonest mended

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.