Top 99 Atticus Quotes With Page Numbers

Atticus Finch is one of the most beloved and iconic characters in American literature. His wisdom, integrity, and compassion are just a few of the qualities that make him such an inspiring figure. Here are the top 99 Atticus quotes with page numbers from “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Chapter 3, pg. 39)
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” (Chapter 11, pg. 124)
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (Chapter 11, pg. 139)
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” (Chapter 10, pg. 101)
“It’s not time to worry yet.” (Chapter 11, pg. 117)
“The only thing we’ve got is a black man’s word against the Ewells’. The evidence boils down to you-did-I-didn’t. The jury couldn’t possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson’s word against the Ewells’.” (Chapter 9, pg. 84)
“I do my best to love everybody.” (Chapter 11, pg. 117)
“There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.” (Chapter 3, pg. 38)
“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” (Chapter 9, pg. 76)
“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.” (Chapter 23, pg. 279)
“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” (Chapter 9, pg. 87)
“Atticus said to Jem one day, ‘I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.'” (Chapter 10, pg. 90)
“I wanted you to see something about her — I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” (Chapter 11, pg. 124)
“As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.” (Chapter 23, pg. 295)
“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike—in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” (Chapter 25, pg. 301)
“I can’t live one way in town and another way in my home.” (Chapter 11, pg. 118)
“I do my best to love everyone.” (Chapter 11, pg. 117)
“It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” (Chapter 11, pg. 108)
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” (Chapter 11, pg. 124)
“You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.” (Chapter 3, pg. 39)
“I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system—that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.” (Chapter 20, pg. 219)
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” (Chapter 11, pg. 118)
“The older you grow the more of it you’ll see.” (Chapter 3, pg. 38)
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (Chapter 11, pg. 139)
“It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.” (Chapter 11, pg. 108)
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it.” (Chapter 9, pg. 87)
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” (Chapter 11, pg. 124)
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (Chapter 11, pg. 139)
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Chapter 3, pg. 39)
“I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease.” (Chapter 9, pg. 78)
“I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson.” (Chapter 9, pg. 87)
“The only thing we’ve got is a black man’s word against the Ewells’. The evidence boils down to you-did-I-didn’t. The jury couldn’t possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson’s word against the Ewells’.” (Chapter 9, pg. 84)
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another.” (Chapter 13, pg. 156)
“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike—in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” (Chapter 25, pg. 301)
“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Chapter 3, pg. 39)
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” (Chapter 11, pg. 139)
“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” (Chapter 9, pg. 76)
“There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.” (Chapter 3, pg. 38)
“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.” (Chapter 23, pg. 279)
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” (Chapter 2, pg. 16)
“It’s not time to worry yet.” (Chapter 11, pg. 117)
“If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?” (Chapter 11, pg. 124)
“I’m afraid our activities would be received with considerable disapprobation by the more learned authorities.” (Chapter 4, pg. 46)
“I’d rather

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