--- title: "10 Sojourner Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Sojourner quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Sojourner sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/sojourner-truth-10213_birth_obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-ol_1929141.jpg" --- > [Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sojourner-truth/obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-old-sojourner-ain-t-got-nothing/) [Sojourner Truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sojourner-truth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/sojourner-truth-10213_birth_obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-ol_1929141.jpg) > [There was nothing to aspire to, no one to honor. Sojourner Truth wasn't a big enough role model for me. I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/there-was-nothing-to-aspire-to-no-one-to-honor-sojourner-truth-wasn-t/) [Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/ntozake-shange-11891_abolishing-slavery_there-was-nothing-to-aspire-to-no-one-to_2610027.png) > [Hear my prayer, o Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/hear-my-prayer-o-lord-and-give-ear-unto-my-cry-hold-not-thy-peace-at/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/bible-141_peace_hear-my-prayer-o-lord-and-give-ear-unto_1673824.jpg) > [“We are not here as settlers, but rather as observers and sojourners. In our eyes, everything looks permanent, as though they would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/we-are-not-here-as-settlers-but-rather-as-observers-and-sojourners-in/) [Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/michael-bassey-johnson-311_impermanence_we-are-not-here-as-settlers-but-rather-a_1506024.jpg) > [The Lord gave me 'Sojourner,' because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins an' bein'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sojourner-truth/the-lord-gave-me-sojourner-because-i-was-to-travel-up-an-down-the/) [Sojourner Truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sojourner-truth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/sojourner-truth-10213_god_the-lord-gave-me-sojourner-because-i-was_2992188.jpg) > [“People have the expectation that you're now very wise, that you've somehow acquired the knowledge of a thousand civilizations merely by passing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-guillebeau/people-have-the-expectation-that-you-re-now-very-wise-that-you-ve/) [Chris Guillebeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-guillebeau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/chris-guillebeau-9841_culture_people-have-the-expectation-that-you-re_691083.png) > [I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-have-crossed-over-on-the-backs-of-sojourner-truth-harriet-tubman/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/oprah-winfrey-186_african-american_i-have-crossed-over-on-the-backs-of-sojo_428433.png) > [“from a very early age . . . that I was not born to the common womanly lot. I knew I should never find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-marshall/from-a-very-early-age-that-i-was-not-born-to-the-common-womanly-lot-i/) [Megan Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-marshall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/megan-marshall-19595_husband-and-wife_from-a-very-early-age-that-i-was-not-bor_1354198.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myles-munroe/i-m-washed-i-m-forgiven-i-m-whole-and-i-m-healed-i-m-cleansed-and-i-m-2/) [Myles Munroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myles-munroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/myles-munroe-1081_accepted_i-m-washed-i-m-forgiven-i-m-whole-and-i_1843773.jpg) > [“What emerged for me as purpose was the search for and cultivation of possibilities for experiencing meaningful human transactions in different languages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-g-campos/what-emerged-for-me-as-purpose-was-the-search-for-and-cultivation-of/) [Daniel G. Campos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-g-campos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/daniel-g-campos-92635_cultural-differences_what-emerged-for-me-as-purpose-was-the-s_3118968.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sojourner/#itemlist", "name": "Sojourner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sojourner Truth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sojourner-truth/obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-old-sojourner-ain-t-got-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/sojourner-truth-10213_birth_obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-ol_1929141.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/sojourner-truth-10213_birth_obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-ol_1929141.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/sojourner-truth-10213_birth_obliged-to-you-for-hearing-me-and-now-ol_1929141.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.” — Sojourner Truth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was nothing to aspire to, no one to honor. 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I knew I should never find a being who could keep the key of my character; that there would be none on whom I could always lean, from whom I could always learn.” In time she would become convinced that she was not meant to experience “more extended personal relations” and that “self-dependence,” as she called it, would have to suffice, making her a lone “pilgrim and sojourner on earth.” Her questing would never end, and she must learn to “be my own priest, pupil, parent, child, husband, and wife.” But for now, she felt only anxiety about the future.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Megan Marshall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-marshall/from-a-very-early-age-that-i-was-not-born-to-the-common-womanly-lot-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/megan-marshall-19595_husband-and-wife_from-a-very-early-age-that-i-was-not-bor_1354198.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/megan-marshall-19595_husband-and-wife_from-a-very-early-age-that-i-was-not-bor_1354198.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/megan-marshall-19595_husband-and-wife_from-a-very-early-age-that-i-was-not-bor_1354198.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“from a very early age . . . that I was not born to the common womanly lot. 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