Harriet Tubman Quotes
24 quotes • Civil Rights Leader • Age 93
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world."
"If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."
"Twant 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,' and He always did."
"I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was on of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive."
"In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can’t seem to get there no-how. I can't seem to get over that line."
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer."
"When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything."
"There was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would take the other, for no man should take me alive. I should fight for liberty as long as my strength lasted."
"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person."
"I am at peace with God and all mankind."
"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."
"God's time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free."