There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Those who would enjoyment gain must find it in the purpose they pursue.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Enjoyment
O, beautiful rainbow, all woven of light! heaven surely is open when thou dost appear, and bending above thee the angels draw near, and sing “The rainbow—the rainbow; the smile of God is here!”
—Sarah Josepha Hale
A countenance habitually under the influence of amiable feelings acquires a beauty of the highest order from the frequency with which such feelings stamp their character upon it.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Face
Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the wealth of home.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Home, Family
The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Silence
I have learned to judge of men by their own deeds, and not to make the accident of birth the standard of their merit.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Birth
Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, entrusted to the mother’s mind alone, to fashion genius, form the soul for good, inspire a West, or train a Washington.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Mother
There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.
—Sarah Josepha Hale
Topics: Eating
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- Alice Walker American Novelist, Activist
- Margaret Walker American Author, Poet
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman American Feminist, Writer
- Audre Lorde American Poet, Feminist
- Andre Norton American Science Fiction Writer
- Cynthia Ozick American Novelist, Essayist
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