Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quotes

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Human nature is above all things lazy.

Human nature is above all things lazy.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

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