Harriet Tubman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You'll be free or die!”

“Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.”

“I can't die but once.”

“Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.”

“Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.”

“Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.”

“Never wound a snake; kill it.”

“Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.”

“Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.”

“I said to de Lord, 'I'm goin' to hold steady on to you, an' I know you'll see me through.'”