Quotes from Wonder

“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary - the world really would be a better place. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average-- though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world. --Auggie”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“It's like people you see sometimes, and you can't imagine what it would be like to be that person, whether it's somebody in a wheelchair or somebody who can't talk. Only, I know that I'm that person to other people, maybe to every single person in that whole auditorium.
To me, though, I'm just me. An ordinary kid.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Learning who you are is what you're here to do.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“the universe takes care of all its birds.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“I think we're too young to be dating. I mean I don't see what the rush is." Summer says.
"Yeah, I agree," said August. "Which is kind of a shame, you know what with all those babes who keep throwing themselves at me and stuff?”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“AMOS CONTI'S PRECEPT
Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth. Any words you used would come out wrong.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

“It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Wonder

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