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Harriet Tubman Quote: “In my dreams and visions, I…”

In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.

September 4, 2021 1820, American, Harriet Tubman, Quotes by Activists

Jean Froissart Quote: “This means that they are bound…”

This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.

July 29, 2021 1337, French, Jean Froissart, Quotes by Historians

Ken Robinson Quote: “Passion is the driver of achievement…”

Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don’t feel they’re good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven’t yet put the work in to develop them.

May 2, 2021 1950, English, Ken Robinson, March 4, Quotes by Educators

Mary Lyon Quote: “When you choose your fields of…”

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

March 13, 2021 1797, American, February 28, Mary Lyon, Quotes by Educators

William C. Bryant Quote: “The moon is at her full…”

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight.

January 26, 2021 1794, American, November 3, Quotes by Poets, William C. Bryant

Kailash Satyarthi Quote: “At about an age when most…”

At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily.

January 19, 2021 1954, Indian, January 11, Kailash Satyarthi, Quotes by Activists

George Dyson Quote: “History is one of the only…”

History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In history, it’s what you write, not what your credentials are.

January 2, 2021 1953, American, George Dyson, Quotes by Historians

John McCrae Quote: “We shall not sleep, though poppies…”

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow: In Flanders fields.

December 12, 2020 1872, Canadian, John McCrae, November 30, Quotes by Poets

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Quote: “The Negro people of America… have…”

The Negro people of America… have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty .

December 2, 2020 1890, American, January 12, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Quotes by Educators

John McCrae Quote: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow…”

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.

October 16, 2020 1872, Canadian, John McCrae, November 30, Quotes by Poets

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