If I am asked to explain why I learned the bicycle I should say I did it as an act of grace, if not of actual religion. — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“The opacity of the mind, its inability to project itself into the realm of another's personality, goes a long way to explain the friction… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“Another writer argued in an 1895 issue of the Cosmopolitan that by riding a bicycle, a woman would "become mistress of herself," transformed into… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion. — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“We contended that whatever diminishes the sense of superiority in men makes them more manly, brotherly, and pleasant to have about; we felt sure… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
I finally concluded that all failure was from a wobbling will rather than a wobbling wheel. — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
If women can organize missionary societies, temperance societies, and every kind of charitable organization... why not permit them to be ordained to preach the… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“That which caused the many failures I had in learning the bicycle had caused me failures in life; namely, a certain fearful looking for… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“In 1895, Ann Strong declared in the Minneapolis Tribune that bicycles were "just as good company as most husbands" and that when a bicycle… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
