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Lydia M. Child Quotes

American - Activist | 1802 - 1880

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

Success Building Important Belief

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

Woman Book Lady She Expect Some

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Happiness Effort Others Above Made

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

Yourself Effort People Battle You

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

Eye Language Genius Always Natural

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.

Change Women Wish Important Slaves

Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings.

Home Heart Blessed Angel Perfect

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

Spiritual Fight Mistake Evil Wrong

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

Age Childhood Old Age More Lovely

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

Defeat Sure Who Forth Reformer Sets

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

Life Love Lie Humanity One Word

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

God Men Suffering Consequences Never

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