All Lydia M. Child Quotes
- Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. Any
- An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. Effort
- The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It… All
- Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age. Age
- Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Accepting
- Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on… Angel
- Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what… Always Cautions
- None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political… Acute
- You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle… Allow
- They [slaves] have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into the waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But they have been hung, and… Been
- Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box. Ballot
- Yours for the unshackled exercise of every faculty by every human being. Every Faculty
- Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the… All
- The old men gazed on them in their loveliness, and turned away with that deep and painful sigh, which the gladness of childhood, and thetransient… Aged
- The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully. Aging
- No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father. Ears
- Genius hath electric power; Which earth can never tame; Bright suns may scorch and dark clouds lower; Its flash is still the same. Bright
- It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means. Evil
- But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later. Consequence
- That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this… Best
- That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting… Any
- Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a… Afraid
- Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have. Consists
- I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written… Acquaintance
- A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. Cheerfully