I said to the Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through.
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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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang – one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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You’ll be free or die!
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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
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When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.
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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 am at peace with God and all mankind.
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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 never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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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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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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Oh, Lord! You’ve been with me in six troubles, don’t desert me in the seventh!
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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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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I can’t die but once.
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