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 slaves of custom. Lydia M. Child More Quotes by Lydia M. Child More Quotes From Lydia M. Child Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. Lydia M. Child successmotivationalinspirational An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. Lydia M. Child helping-othershappyhappiness 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 to do, it always cautions us what not to do. Lydia M. Child spiritwisedoe 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 is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. Lydia M. Child encouraginginspirationalpeople Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is. Lydia M. Child wickednesshalfpeople 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 burned, and shot-and their tyrants have been their historians! Lydia M. Child tyrantsdiversityjustice our republican ideas cannot be consistently carried out while women are excluded from any share in the government. ... Any class of human beings to whom a position of perpetual subordination is assigned, however much they may be petted and flattered, must inevitably be dwarfed, morally and intellectually. Lydia M. Child governmentclassideas Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will. Lydia M. Child miraclelovegiving The boughs of no two trees ever have the same arrangement. Nature always produces individuals; She never produces classes. Lydia M. Child assessmentbeing-yourselfnature Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father. Lydia M. Child fathers-dayfamilychildren 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 beauty of their character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning. Lydia M. Child angelflowerlove 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 is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. Lydia M. Child lovepeacelying Prejudices of all kinds have their strongest holds in the minds of the vulgar and the ignorant. Lydia M. Child ignorantprejudicemind Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism. Lydia M. Child glowingageheart We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate. Lydia M. Child crushdiversitypeople 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 a book. Lydia M. Child acquaintancefemalebook The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully. Lydia M. Child attainmentaginggrows Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Lydia M. Child angelcloudsreality Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs. Lydia M. Child angelcloudsmen affectation is fond of making a greater show than reality. ... Nature and truth have never learned to blow the trumpet, and never will. Lydia M. Child trumpetsblowreality
