Sojourner Quotes

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.

— Sojourner Truth

There was nothing to aspire to, no one to honor. Sojourner Truth wasn't a big enough role model for me. I couldn't…

— Ntozake Shange

“People have the expectation that you're now very wise, that you've somehow acquired the knowledge of a thousand civilizations merely by passing…

— Chris Guillebeau

The Lord gave me 'Sojourner,' because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins an' bein'…

— Sojourner Truth

“We are not here as settlers, but rather as observers and sojourners. In our eyes, everything looks permanent, as though they would…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Hear my prayer, o Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a…

— Bible

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of…

— Oprah Winfrey

“from a very early age . . . that I was not born to the common womanly lot. I knew I should never find…

— Megan Marshall

I’m washed, I’m forgiven, I’m whole, and I’m healed. I’m cleansed and I’m glory bound. I am only a sojourner on the…

— Myles Munroe

“What emerged for me as purpose was the search for and cultivation of possibilities for experiencing meaningful human transactions in different languages…

— Daniel G. Campos