Leave women to find their sphere.
LUCY STONE
LUCY STONE
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I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body
Lucy StoneLucy Stone Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone The politician is the creature of the public sentiment — never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .
Lucy StoneLucy Stone Make the world better.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone Every new truth has its birth-place in a manger, lives thirty years, is crucified, and then deified.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman’s heart until she bows down to it no longer.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone Our victory is sure to come, and I can endure anything but recreancy to principle.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone If a woman earned a dollar by scrubbing, her husband had a right to take the dollar and go and get drunk with it and beat her afterwards. It was his dollar.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone But I do believe that a woman’s truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote
Lucy StoneLucy Stone I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.
Lucy StoneLucy Stone
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Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
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Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Always choose love- you may not be loved in return – love may still find you.
Vincent JamesVincent James Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
Eric ClaptonEric Clapton It’s hard finding people you trust or who aren’t going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you’re doing. It’s a nightmare.
Cara DelevingneCara Delevingne When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it’s someone you already know. You think it’s someone you’re yet to meet.
Bruce WillisBruce Willis My dad is really old school: Whatever you do, just be the best at it. He didn’t really care if I was a plumber or a roofer. It didn’t matter what I did. He said, Go out and find out what you like to do, and be the best at it.
Scott EastwoodScott Eastwood Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney The feather was a thing, when I was a kid, we used to find feathers around the house, and whenever we found them, my mum used to say it was my nan leaving them around for us to find, so that was quite sweet.
Liam PayneLiam Payne