"The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents."

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Source : Speech to National Convention of Woman Suffrage Association,Washington, D.C., 16 - 17 Jan. 1877

Belva Ann Lockwood

#Generations Quotes #Glory Quotes #Precedent Quotes

“You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.”
“People may be in awe of perfection, but they warm to humanity.”
“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”
“If we truly worship God, acknowledging and adoring his infinite worth, we find ourselves impelled to make him known to others, in order that they may worship him too. Thus worship leads to witness, and witness in its turn to worship, in a perpetual circle.”
“I think as a young person, you're kind of game for whatever sometimes.”
“The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.”
“Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new.”
“To be a friend of the earth, you have to be an enemy of man.”

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