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> [We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future, the future of symmetry and ultimate success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/we-must-choose-be-a-child-of-the-past-with-all-its-crudities-and/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

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## More by Frances E. Willard

> [Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/temperance-is-moderation-in-the-things-that-are-good-and-total/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/the-opacity-of-the-mind-its-inability-to-project-itself-into-the/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [“Another writer argued in an 1895 issue of the Cosmopolitan that by riding a bicycle, a woman would "become mistress of herself," transformed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/another-writer-argued-in-an-1895-issue-of-the-cosmopolitan-that-by/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/in-externals-we-advance-with-lightening-express-speed-in-modes-of/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/this-seems-to-be-the-law-of-progress-in-everything-we-do-it-moves/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [“We contended that whatever diminishes the sense of superiority in men makes them more manly, brotherly, and pleasant to have about; we felt sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/we-contended-that-whatever-diminishes-the-sense-of-superiority-in-men/)

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> [The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/the-world-is-wide-and-i-will-not-waste-my-life-in-friction-when-it/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [I finally concluded that all failure was from a wobbling will rather than a wobbling wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/i-finally-concluded-that-all-failure-was-from-a-wobbling-will-rather/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [God is action - let us be like God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/god-is-action-let-us-be-like-god/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [If women can organize missionary societies, temperance societies, and every kind of charitable organization... why not permit them to be ordained to preach the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/if-women-can-organize-missionary-societies-temperance-societies-and/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [“That which caused the many failures I had in learning the bicycle had caused me failures in life; namely, a certain fearful looking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/that-which-caused-the-many-failures-i-had-in-learning-the-bicycle-had/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [“In 1895, Ann Strong declared in the Minneapolis Tribune that bicycles were "just as good company as most husbands" and that when a bicycle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/in-1895-ann-strong-declared-in-the-minneapolis-tribune-that-bicycles/)

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> [Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/tens-of-thousands-who-could-never-afford-to-own-feed-and-stable-a/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/wanted-more-praise-i-cannot-help-believing-that-the-world-will-be-a/)

[Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/)

> [If I am asked to explain why I learned the bicycle I should say I did it as an act of grace, if not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/if-i-am-asked-to-explain-why-i-learned-the-bicycle-i-should-say-i-did/)

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