Author: Jane Welsh Carlyle

Quotes

I rely on the promise, 'God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.'

I rely on the promise, 'God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.'

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

Either I am just what God intended me for, or God cannot 'carry out' His intentions, it would seem.

Either I am just what God intended me for, or God cannot 'carry out' His intentions, it would seem.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.

'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

One of the main uses of a home is to stay in it, when one is too weak and spiritless for conforming, without effort, to the ways of other houses.

One of the main uses of a home is to stay in it, when one is too weak and spiritless for conforming, without effort, to the ways of other houses.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust.

Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

Use the noble gifts which God has given you!

Use the noble gifts which God has given you!

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.

There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.

The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.

- Jane Welsh Carlyle

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