1. "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."

2. "Mockingbirds don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's yards or gardens—they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. So it's sinful to kill a mockingbird."

3. "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."

4. "You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't."

5. "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 .”

6. "Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand . It ' s knowing you ' re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what .”