Top 61 Quotes by Dorothea Dix

About Dorothea Dix

These are some quotes by American author Dorothea Dix Activist, who lived between April 4, 1802 and July 17, 1887.

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

Dorothea Dix

Floral emblems have been often adopted. The houses of York and Lancaster had their roses, the Bourbons of France, the fleur-de-lis, Scotland her thistle, and Ireland her shamrock.

Floral emblems have been often adopted. The houses of York and Lancaster had their roses, the Bourbons of France, the fleur-de-lis, Scotland her thistle, and Ireland her shamrock.

Dorothea Dix

It is of no use to commit whole pages to memory, merely to recite them once without hesitation; you must think of the meaning more than the words - of the ideas more than the language.

It is of no use to commit whole pages to memory, merely to recite them once without hesitation; you must think of the meaning more than the words - of the ideas more than the language.

Dorothea Dix

Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt?

Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt?

Dorothea Dix

In order to do good, a man must be good; and he will not be good except he have instruction by counsel and by example.

In order to do good, a man must be good; and he will not be good except he have instruction by counsel and by example.

Dorothea Dix

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

Dorothea Dix

I may be too craving of that rich gift, the power of sharing other minds. I have drunk deeply, long, and oh! how blissfully at this fountain in a foreign clime. Hearts met hearts, minds joined with minds; and what were the secondary trials of pain to the enfeebled, suffering body when daily was administered the soul's medicine and food!

Dorothea Dix

Rules must be established and enforced, and, as numbers are increased in prisons, the necessity for vigilance increases. These rules, let it be understood, may be kindly while firmly enforced. I would never suffer any exhibition of ill-temper or an arbitrary exercise of authority.

Dorothea Dix

The great benefactors of individuals and of communities are the enlightened educators: the wise-teaching, mental and moral instructors and exemplars of our times.

The great benefactors of individuals and of communities are the enlightened educators: the wise-teaching, mental and moral instructors and exemplars of our times.

Dorothea Dix

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.

Dorothea Dix

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