Lydia M. Child Quotes

"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 in Misfortune quotes.

"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

"Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame."
-Lydia M. Child in Genius quotes.

"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

"You find yourself refreshed by 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

"That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds."
-Lydia M. Child

"Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow."
-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

"Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture."
-Lydia M. Child