Harriet Tubman Quotes

If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.

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.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

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.

The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.

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

Never wound a snake; kill it.

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 over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom, I was a stranger in a strange land.

Twant me, 'twas the Lord. I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did.

Slavery is the next thing to hell.

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.

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

I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."

I am at peace with God and all mankind.

I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a white man I was afraid of being carried away.

I can't die but once.

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

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.

I was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.

I link dar's many a slaveholder'll git to Heaven. Dey don't know no better. Dey acts up to de light dey hab.

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.

'Pears like my heart go flutter, flutter, and then they may say, 'Peace, Peace, ' as much as they likes - I know it's goin' to be war!

Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me, ' an' He always did.

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

A few of us always compared anything good to: ' Isn't it just like camp?' When we first got married, we asked each other, 'Was your honeymoon good?' 'Yeah. It was just like camp.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer

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

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.