Quotes by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and dee >>

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why t >>

Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of >>

Quotations about Effort

The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean tost aids i >>

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day. >>

The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms >>

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher