Clara Barton Quotes
Clara Barton Quotes “It was May—the cherry trees were in bloom. For the first time in three years I had been able to sit for an evening among a company of perso...
Category: Quotes
A collection of quotes with an emphasis on sharing life experiences and wisdom from people throughout history.
W.E.B. DuBois quote on studying history
Quote “What do we care about peoples that lived a thousand, two thousand, ten thousand years ago? It does interest you, because no man lives to himself; e...
Harriet Beecher Stowe quote on Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe quote: “I wrote what I did because as a woman, as a mother I was oppressed and broken-hearted, with the sorrows and injustice I saw,...
Lucy Stone quote: “Half a century ago…
Lucy Stone quote: “Half a century ago women were at an infinite disadvantage in regard to their occupations. The idea that their sphere was at home, and o...
“Every man I meet is in some way my superior…
Quote: “Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that, I can learn of him.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson — “‘Every man I...
Henry David Thoreau quote: “Most of the luxuries…
“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. Wi...
Ida Tarbell: Standard Oil Company book origin
Quote Intro: Ida Tarbell wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company,” to show the corruption and other nefarious activities of the Standard Oil ...
Viktor Frankl: “Love is the ultimate and the highest goal.”
Quote: “A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by ...
Thomas Jefferson quote: “The tumults in America…
Thomas Jefferson quote: “The tumults in America, I expected would have produced in Europe an unfavorable opinion of our political state. But it has not. O...
President Calvin Coolidge Quotes
Quotes President Calvin Coolidge quotes on race in the U.S. “During the war 500,000 colored men and boys were called up under the draft, not one of whom s...