I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to save her children from a burning house, thinks of the teachings of the rhetorician or the elocutionist.

Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Topics: Motherhood Quotes, Mothers Quotes, Thought Quotes

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up...

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and...

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and...

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

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

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

Mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

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

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

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

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

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems...

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do...

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do...

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination,...

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination,...

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find...

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find...

Sometimes negative thoughts are just like negative prints. All they require is to be immersed...

Sometimes negative thoughts are just like negative prints. All they require is to be immersed...