Julia Ward Howe Quotes

HOWE, Julia Ward Quotes

(1819-1910), American author

Ideals

Every life has its actual blanks which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare and profitless forever.

Pen

The strokes of the pen need deliberation, as much as those of the sword need swiftness.

Woman

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.