Ida B. Wells quote: “Virtue knows no color…
Ida B. Wells quote: “Virtue knows no color line, and the chivalry which depends upon complexion of skin and texture of hair can command no honest respect....
Category: Quotes
A collection of quotes with an emphasis on sharing life experiences and wisdom from people throughout history.
Elizabeth Keckley Quote
Elizabeth Keckley quote: “The life of the nation was at stake; and when the land was full of sorrow, there could not be much gayety at the capital. The da...
Jane Addams Quote
Jane Addams quote: “It must have been from a very early period that I recall ‘horrid nights’ when I tossed about in my bed because I had told ...
Audrey Hepburn quote: “I am more than…
Audrey Hepburn quote: “I am more than ever awed and overwhelmed by the monumental talents it was my great, great privilege to work for and with. There is ...
“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel”
Quote: “To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less...
Chief White Eagle quote
Quote “When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be stil...
John Steinbeck: “Try to understand each other.”
“In every bit of honest writing in the world…there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Kn...
Confucius quote: “The ancients who wished…
Confucius quote: “The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the Kingdom, first ordered well their own states. Wishing to order ...
Walt Whitman: The Spanish Peaks
Between Pueblo and Bent’s fort, southward, in a clear afternoon sun-spell I catch exceptionally good glimpses of the Spanish peaks. We are in southeastern...
President Ulysses Grant Quote
Quote: I do not bring into this assemblage politics, certainly not partisan politics, but it is a fair subject for soldiers in their deliberations to consider w...