Harriet Martineau

"If we would have anything of value, we must earn it by labor."

"I am naturally a dissenter and a rebel, and I have my own thoughts."

"The true object of education should be to make people not merely docile, but free."

"No one can be really free while bound by debt."

"The more we know, the better equipped we are to live."

"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action."

"A life truly lived is like a book written by the hand of destiny."

"The mind of a woman is as capable as that of a man."

"Consciousness is the first condition of freedom."

"We are all instruments of a higher power."

"Truth is the sole end of the human understanding."

"The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart."

"Love is an attribute of the heart, not the mind."

"Nature is the only thing of importance."

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."

"The education of the masses must come before the cultivation of the elite."

"Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character."

"Every person has their own unique gift to offer the world."

"Prejudice is the child of ignorance."

"Time is the only level playing field in this world."

"The secret to a happy life is to accept the unchangeable."

"Justice demands impartiality and equal treatment for all."

"We must have patience with all that is yet unresolved in our hearts."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Strength lies not in brute force alone, but in moral conviction."

"Fear is the greatest obstacle to human progress."

"True power comes from knowledge and understanding."

"Money is a useful servant but a tyrannical master."

"Adventure awaits those brave enough to seek it."

"The imagination is the eye of the soul."