Atticus Finch Quotes With Page Numbers

Atticus Finch is one of the most beloved and respected characters in literature. His words are powerful and his wisdom is timeless. Here are the top 99 Atticus Finch quotes with page numbers:

1. “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
2. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11
3. “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
4. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 12
5. “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
6. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike–in the second place, folks don’t like to have someone around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” – Chapter 26
7. “I wanted to show you what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun.” – Chapter 11
8. “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Chapter 9
9. “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 fightin’ with your head for a change.” – Chapter 9
10. “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another.” – Chapter 13
11. “It’s not okay to hate anybody.” – Chapter 11
12. “You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Chapter 3
13. “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
14. “I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson.” – Chapter 9
15. “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 you see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11
16. “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
17. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” – Chapter 2
18. “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. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11
19. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike–in the second place, folks don’t like to have someone around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” – Chapter 26
20. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 12
21. “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” – Chapter 9
22. “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
23. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11
24. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Chapter 23
25. “You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” – Chapter 26
26. “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11
27. “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
28. “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
29. “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
30. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun.” – Chapter 11
31. “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Chapter 9
32. “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 fightin’ with your head for a change.” – Chapter 9
33. “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another.” – Chapter 13
34. “It’s not okay to hate anybody.” – Chapter 11
35. “You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Chapter 3
36. “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
37. “I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson.” – Chapter 9
38. “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 you see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11
39. “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
40. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” – Chapter 2
41. “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. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11
42. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike–in the second place, folks don’t like to have someone around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em.” – Chapter 26
43. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 12
44. “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” – Chapter 9
45. “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
46. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11
47. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Chapter 23
48. “You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” – Chapter 26
49. “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with