The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much the master of the world as he who is ready to die.

It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.

An idea becomes great when it becomes tangible.

Let us fight to free the world!

The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.

Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale.

At the end of the day, we need a leader who thinks with his head but leads with his heart.

If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you.

The ones who disappoint you need you the most.

The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth.