Elizabeth Keckley Quotes
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Notwithstanding all the wrongs that slavery heaped upon me, I can bless it for one thing-youth's important lesson of self-reliance.
— Elizabeth Keckley
Listen with your eyes as well as your ears.
— Graham Speechley
I was born a slave-was the child of slave parents-therefore I came upon the earth free in God-like thought, but fettered in action.
— Elizabeth Keckley
When I heard the words, I felt as if the blood had been frozen in my veins, and that my lungs must collapse for the want of air. Mr. Lincoln shot!
— Elizabeth Keckley
Friends are a recompense for all the woes of the darkest pages of life.
— Elizabeth Keckley
I can be a bit grumpy. I'm full of angst, and hormones.
— Nicholas Hoult
We need to claim our power for something beautiful, something harmonious and something globally healthy.
— Elizabeth Lesser
I certainly feel as if I've been blessed professionally and personally, but I've still got moves I'd like to make.
— Kevin Connolly
This is what happens when you don't let gays marry; they start designing clothes out of spite.
— Jon Stewart
None of us are perfect, for which reason we should heed the voice of charity when it whispers in our ears, Do not magnify the imperfections of others.
— Elizabeth Keckley
From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same
majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle. — Napoleon Bonaparte
majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.
— Ken Robinson
We must grow beyond it! Why reinforce our differences, and keep ancient laws, and never know the joy of breaking bread with our neighbors?
— Helene Wecker