Top 180 Danielle Steel Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “I think I’m very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.”

— Danielle Steel

102. “I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.”

— Danielle Steel

103. “I once looked like Norman Mailer in a picture with bad lighting.”

— Danielle Steel

104. “Together they were more than they each were alone. They didn’t take away from each other, they added all that they were.”

— Danielle Steel

105. “Life is made up of special moments, moments of joy, or of sorrow, of great good fortune, incredible thoughtfulness, moments you never forget, and that impact an entire lifetime, moments you treasure.”

— Danielle Steel

106. “You need to wake yourself up and take a grab at life. No one is going to hand it to you.”

— Danielle Steel

107. “She had no idea where the future would lead her or what it would look like, but whatever happened, she was determined to survive it.”

— Danielle Steel

108. “Good and bad stuff happens to us every day. It’s how you handle it, and what you do about it, that counts. You can’t just let it break you. You have to keep fighting. And guilt and regrets get us nowhere.”

— Danielle Steel

109. “Holiday or business, monsieur?” The customs officer looked unconcerned as he stamped Peter’s passport, and barely glanced up at him after looking at the picture. He had blue eyes and dark hair and looked younger than his forty-four years. He had fine features, he was tall, and most people would have agreed that he was handsome.”

— Danielle Steel

110. “And so far, their most recent results had been perfect. Their meetings in Germany and Switzerland had gone brilliantly. The testing done in their laboratories there was even more rigorous than what had been done in the States. They were sure now. It was safe. They could move ahead to Phase One Human Trials, as soon as the FDA approved it, which meant giving low doses of the medication to a select number of willing, well-informed subjects, and seeing how they fared.”

— Danielle Steel

111. “Look at Christ on the cross. Think of the challenge that must have been for Him. The agony of betrayal by people He had trusted, and death. And afterward came the resurrection. He proved that no challenge, no matter how great, could end His love for us.”

— Danielle Steel

112. “The weather in Paris was unusually warm as Peter Haskell’s plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The plane taxied neatly to the gate, and a few minutes later, briefcase in hand, Peter was striding through the airport. He was almost smiling as he got on the customs line, despite the heat of the day and the number of people crowding ahead of him in line. Peter Haskell loved Paris.”

— Danielle Steel

113. “I had learned firsthand that tragedy and disappointment can strike any of us at any time.”

— Danielle Steel

114. “I’m still here. I have to go on. I have to give something back, to make my time here worth something. If not, the time I’ve been given here would have been totally wasted. And I don’t think we have a right to do that.”

— Danielle Steel

115. “His smiles were hard won, but when they came, they were well worth it. They lit up his face like summer sunshine. The rest of the time, and far more frequently, he seemed lost in winter. And when he laughed, he was a different person.”

— Danielle Steel

116. “Yesterday’s happenings are the reasons of Today’s situation.”

— Danielle Steel

117. “He had that instinctive sense of great artists to know when a work was complete and move on.”

— Danielle Steel

118. “Part of being an adult, someone told me once, is accepting your parents as they are, with all their failings.”

— Danielle Steel

119. “The judge arrived half an hour later with the file he had collected from his office on the way, signed several papers, had Sam sign them, the matron witness them; Josh cried, Norm cried, she cried, the judge grinned, and Timmie waved his teddy bear at the judge with a broad grin as they wheeled into the elevator. “So long!” he shouted, and when the doors closed, the judge was laughing and crying too.”

— Danielle Steel

120. “Hang in. We’ll make it. We all have each other.”

— Danielle Steel

121. “Life had a way of working out. The lid-for-every-pot theory seemed to work, if you waited long enough and were patient.”

— Danielle Steel

122. “All rights reserved. No part of this book may.”

— Danielle Steel

123. “Carole decided.”

— Danielle Steel

124. “Wilson-Donovan wanted to move ahead as quickly as possible to clinical trials on patients, which was why it was so important to test Vicotec’s safety now before the FDA hearings in September, which would hopefully put it on the “Fast Track.” Peter was absolutely sure that the testing being concluded by Paul-Louis Suchard, the head of the laboratory in Paris, would only confirm the good news he had just been given in Geneva.”

— Danielle Steel

125. “She was so full of holes now, she was like a Swiss cheese.”

— Danielle Steel

126. “It was frightening to realize how fast things could go wrong.”

— Danielle Steel

127. “It makes you realize how small you are, and no matter what you plan, God has a bigger idea, and you’re not the one in charge.”

— Danielle Steel

128. “I do not believe in age,” he said with determination. “It is a very small idea. Like a small box. That box is too small for you. You have no limits, you are free.”

— Danielle Steel

129. “Don’t hate anyone,” Beata said quietly. “It’s too much work. And it only poisons you.”

— Danielle Steel

130. “I never wanted to settle for ‘good enough.’ I wanted ‘great’ or nothing.”

— Danielle Steel

131. “I think a lot of women will be in your situation. They’re an important part of the workforce now, and they won’t want to give that up when the men come home. They’ve gotten some independence, even if they’re not paid as well as men. That’s not fair, but at least they’ve gotten out of the kitchen, and into offices and factories. It’s a big step for women.”

— Danielle Steel

132. “Whoever saves one life, saves a world entire.” – Talmud.”

— Danielle Steel

133. “Some people are just different, even in the same family.”

— Danielle Steel

134. “Emptying the ocean with a thimble again, our thimbles so tiny, and the ocean of need so huge.”

— Danielle Steel

135. “Just be careful. Learn your lessons well, and always follow your instincts.”

— Danielle Steel

136. “Sometimes we have to do something unpleasant to get where we want to go.”

— Danielle Steel

137. “They were one flame made out of two people, with a love that had endured all the challenges and tragedies of life. But they were still standing, still alive, and still whole.”

— Danielle Steel

138. “It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” – Anne Frank.”

— Danielle Steel

139. “May your impact on others be kind, theirs on you always loving, and may you always, always know and remember how infinitely I love you, with all my heart, now and forever.”

— Danielle Steel

140. “Never be afraid of change” and “Don’t get stuck in a rut just because something has always been done a certain way.”

— Danielle Steel

141. “Whatever happened, she had seen the sun come up once in her life over the Grand Tetons. It was impossible not to know there was a God when you saw.”

— Danielle Steel

142. “The boys who do have a moral compass, and a conscience, will turn out to be decent people and good men one day. They’ve learned a hell of a lesson here, but in the end, they’re finding their way to do the right thing.”

— Danielle Steel

143. “Life wasn’t always easy, and had a way of filing down the sharp corners and rough edges.”

— Danielle Steel

144. “We owe it to ourselves to allow the healing to happen and move on. And even my life is going to be better now because of you. Everybody has something they can beat themselves up for. It’s just not worth the energy to do it.”

— Danielle Steel

145. “We have a strong moral system here, based on family values.”

— Danielle Steel

146. “Max was looking out the window, with silent tears running down his face, thinking how hard it must be to be a woman, always having to be strong and comfort others, and how lonely it was to be a man.”

— Danielle Steel

147. “Homelessness is not just about having a job or an apartment. Too often homelessness is due to a disordered mind.”

— Danielle Steel

148. “To all of you in my life, I thank you, for the good times and hard times you gave me, for the lessons that I learned from you or because of you. For those of you who loved and respected me, I thank you. To those of you who hurt me and made the dark days longer, I forgive you. To my husband, Clay, I owe you my life, and.”

— Danielle Steel

149. “He had given Daphne a spectacular diamond bracelet before she left, and a ruby heart pin that he had bought for her at Fred Leighton. Sam had always been generous and he had bought something pretty for Alex too, though nothing quite as important. He had bought her a very handsome Bulgari watch that he knew she’d wanted for a while, but none of the thoughtful little things that expressed his interest and affection. He didn’t want to mislead her. There.”

— Danielle Steel

150. “Men don’t sleep with you when they love you, but they do sleep with you without a second thought when they don’t.”

— Danielle Steel