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Jane Austen Quotes about Inspiring

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.343, MobileReference

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

Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.245, MobileReference

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

Jane Austen (2008). “Letters of Jane Austen: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.233, ReadHowYouWant.com

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Jane Austen (2006). “Illustrated Jane Austen - 8 Books in 1. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, P”, p.157, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.945, Ageless Reads

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Emma. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.21, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.53, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Jane Austen (1857). “Mansfield park”, p.287

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.1099, Ageless Reads

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.636, Ageless Reads

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.79, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.

Jane Austen (2016). “Collected Works (Complete Editions: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, ...)”, p.1379, Jane Austen

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.41, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax