23 Quotes by Lydia Sigourney

In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.

Ye say they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That mid the forests where they roamed There rings no hunter’s shout; But their name is on your waters; Ye may not wash it out.

Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation.

The soul of woman lives in love.

The true order of learning should be first, what is necessary; second, what is useful, and third, what is ornamental. To reverse this arrangement is like beginning to build at the top of the edifice.

Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home.

Prosperity, alas! is often but another name for pride.

As nothing truly valuable can be attained without industry, so there can be no persevering industry without a deep sense of the value of time.

The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people.