Harriet Tubman

"Someday I shall be free. Liberty is a glorious thing."

"We all use the talents which God has given us, not to get money for ourselves, but to do good wherever we are located."

"I would never go back. The North or else the grave."

"I am stronger than slavery."

"When I ran away, I made up my mind that I would never be taken alive."

"Walk by faith, not by sight."

"I wanted to do more than fight for myself. I wanted to fight for all who were being oppressed."

"There is a better day coming. We must work for it."

"My life is worth more than gold."

"The Underground Railroad operated with the greatest publicity; yet it was a secret."

"I have but one short life and feel impelled to devote all of it to the cause of freedom."

"Keep your eyes on the North Star and you'll never be lost."

"No one helped me; I had to trust in the Lord."

"I have a right to my liberty. We all have."

"God has given me power to overcome all my enemies."

"I feel as if the very hair of my head will stand on end."

"The way to the North Star was the way to freedom."

"I had now become a woman, and a very determined one too."

"I would rather die a free woman than live as a slave."

"My enemies were not of flesh and blood, but of the devil and the powers of darkness."

"I made a vow to the Lord that if He would help me get free, I would serve Him all the rest of my days."

"I have crossed many rivers carrying people to freedom."

"My heart was full of anger and hatred against the cruel system of slavery."

"I believe slavery can never be abolished while it is tolerated in any part of the country."

"God's wounds in me have healed into scars."

"I had reasoned it out in my mind there was one of two things I had a right to—liberty or death."

"The North was like a new world to me."

"I sought wisdom not in books but in the world itself."

"Every moment of resistance to oppression is a victory."

"I ran from slavery and found myself running toward freedom."