82 Quotes by Dorothea Dix

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow.

I have no particular love for my species, but own to an exhaustless fund of compassion.

You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.

The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

Your minds may now be likened to a garden, which will, if neglected, yield only weeds and thistles; but, if cultivated, will produce the most beautiful flowers, and the most delicious fruits.

Life is not to be expended in vain regrets. No day, no hour, comes but brings in its train work to be performed for some useful end - the suffering to be comforted, the wandering led home, the sinner reclaimed. Oh! How can any fold the hands to rest and say to the spirit, 'Take thine ease, for all is well!'

Jasmine, the name of which signifies fragrance, is the emblem of delicacy and elegance. It is reared with difficulty in New England, but at the South, puts forth all its graces.