Julia Ward Howe Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Julia Ward Howe:

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

Julia Ward Howe

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

Julia Ward Howe

When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.

Julia Ward Howe

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

Julia Ward Howe

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

Julia Ward Howe

How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

Julia Ward Howe

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

Julia Ward Howe

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

Julia Ward Howe

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Julia Ward Howe

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

Julia Ward Howe

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

Julia Ward Howe

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

Julia Ward Howe

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.

Julia Ward Howe

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

Julia Ward Howe

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Julia Ward Howe

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

Julia Ward Howe

I take refuge in my books.

Julia Ward Howe

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

Julia Ward Howe

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Julia Ward Howe