It wasn’t me, it was 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.
HARRIET TUBMANI prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.
More Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Farewell, ole Maser, don’t think hard of me, I’m going on to Canada, where all the slaves are free.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.
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I can’t die but once.
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Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, ‘Peace, Peace,’ as much as they likes – I know it’s goin’ to be war!
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The good Lord has come down to deliver my people, and I must go and help him.
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I think there’s many a slaveholder’ll get to Heaven. They don’t know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked.
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I started with this idea in my head, “There’s two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.
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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.
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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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