10 quotes from Wonder that will make you feel better about the world

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of Wonder this year, we’ve rounded up ten of the most inspiring quotes from the book.

10 inspirational quotes from Wonder

1. ‘When given the choice between being right or being kind choose kind.’
2. ‘It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.’
3. ‘I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.’
4. ‘Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.’
5. ‘A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we’ve done, and apply what we’ve learned from those things to the future. If we don’t examine the past, we don’t learn from it.’
6. ‘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.’
7. ‘Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.’
8. ‘Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.’
9. ‘Don’t try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that’s uncool.’
10. ‘Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.’

Learn more about Wonder and the 10th anniversary edition of the book.