Wisdom Quotes

"I trust my heart, I trust my mind."

"Delay is preferable to error."

"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."

"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion."

"I have ever dreaded a man of but one idea."

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."

"I seldom read newspapers to know what is passing in the world."

"I sell the shadow to support the substance."

"That little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from?"

"I have outwitted the slaveholder because I was too cunning for him; have outwitted the railroad conductor—was too smart!"

"I didn't get to be old by worrying about what people thought."

"It is not granted to us to know which of our deeds or words will prove important."

"To know the truth and not to act upon it is a sin."

"I have always believed that honesty is the best policy."

"I have never wavered in my conviction that slavery is a great evil."

"I have lived my life in accordance with my deepest convictions."

"The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave."

"No one thing contributes more to a lower standard of living than excessive consumption."

"In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish."

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Do not let such a thought cross your mind."

"Freedom means responsibility, and few people are ready for that."

"I learned that God rewards those who seek freedom."

"I never once regretted my decision to escape."

"I learned that true wealth is measured in freedom, not gold."

"The real battle is not against men but against the darkness of ignorance."

"I have often been struck by the wisdom of the suffragettes in their methods."

"Suffering produces an interesting character in men and women."

"The test of a great civilization is not how it treats the powerful, but how it treats the weak."