Harriet Tubman Quotes

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman

Dreams, Change, Great

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
Harriet Tubman

Knew, Thousand, Slaves

If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.
Harriet Tubman

Thousands, Convinced, Slaves

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.
Harriet Tubman

Death, Mind, Two

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.
Harriet Tubman

Lost, Off, Train

Never wound a snake; kill it.
Harriet Tubman

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
Harriet Tubman

Freedom, Strange, Free

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
Harriet Tubman

Time, Strength, Fight

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.
Harriet Tubman

Through, Lord, Hold

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.
Harriet Tubman

Person, Everything, Through

Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
Harriet Tubman

Trust, Time, Good

I can't die but once.
Harriet Tubman

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
Harriet Tubman

Experience, Liberty, Weed

You'll be free or die!
Harriet Tubman

I never lost a passenger.
Harriet Tubman

Lost, Passenger

I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
Harriet Tubman

Lost, Off, Train

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: 1820

Died: 1913

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