Jane Austen Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.

Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.

Time did not compose her.

Time did not compose her.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.

When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.

Almost anything is possible with time.

Almost anything is possible with time.

A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

It's such a happiness when good people get together.

It's such a happiness when good people get together.

Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

To love is to burn, to be on fire.

To love is to burn, to be on fire.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

I was quiet but I was not blind.

I was quiet but I was not blind.

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Let us have the luxury of silence.

Let us have the luxury of silence.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.