Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes

“The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable.”

“There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.”

“We will remember the way things used to be, and teach our children to be better than us. The generations that follow will remember with us. In that day, we will all be free”

“When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.”

“There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.”

“Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges. ”

“An easy thing O Power Divine To thank thee for these gifts of Thine For summer's sunshine winter's snow For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow But when shall I attain to this- To thank Thee for the things I miss?”

“There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.”

“Noble discontent is the path to heaven.”

“Aunt Syl must have conveniently stopped reading the childhood fairy tales when the knight left the damsel in distress to pursue a better damsel out of my bedtime routine.”