“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

“We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people to your views, and you may say anything you like about me, if that will help... When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.”

“Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.”

“My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.”