Julia Ward Howe Quotes & Sayings

20 most famous Julia Ward Howe quotes and sayings (activist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”