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Harriet Beecher Stowe

9 quotes

What we know about Harriet Beecher Stowe comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. Whether reflecting on Women or Time, Harriet Beecher Stowe brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Our collection holds 10 quotes from Harriet Beecher Stowe, each offering a different angle on Women, Time, Sympathy, Nature, and Health. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Time

All Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Sympathy

“A woman's health is her capital.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Health

“Human nature is above all things lazy.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Nature

“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Faith

“The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Future

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Time

“All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Women

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Time

“So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Beauty