Popular Quotes by Julia Ward Howe

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• I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

  Julia Ward Howe#Ambitious 68

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• Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

  Julia Ward Howe#Wisdom 62

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• When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.

  Julia Ward Howe#Body 62

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• Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

  Julia Ward Howe#Boston 60

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• Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

  Julia Ward Howe#Religion 56

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• The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

  Julia Ward Howe#Authors 50

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• God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

  Julia Ward Howe#Ardor 48

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• I never could be good when I was not happy.

  Julia Ward Howe#Happy 48

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• Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

  Julia Ward Howe#Adhere 47

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• I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

  Julia Ward Howe#Allows 41

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