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Quotes by Lydia M. Child

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
– Lydia M. Child
Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
– Lydia M. Child
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
– Lydia M. Child
But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
– Lydia M. Child
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
– Lydia M. Child
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.
– Lydia M. Child
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decypher even fragments of their meaning.
– Lydia M. Child
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.
– Lydia M. Child
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
– Lydia M. Child
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.
– Lydia M. Child
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
– Lydia M. Child
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.
– Lydia M. Child
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
– Lydia M. Child
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.
– Lydia M. Child
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
– Lydia M. Child