Harriet Tubman

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.

God's time is always the right time.

I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if they had known they were slaves.

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

I always told God, I'm going to hold steady on to you, and you've got to see me through.

I never met anybody who was going to die. I met a lot of people who were afraid to die.

When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.

I said to the Lord, 'I'm going to hold steady on to you, and I know you'll see me through.'

Don't ever think that you're too small to make a difference.

If you are tired, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.

I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that's what I've always prayed for ever since.

I was a stranger in a strange land, but I was free.

I wouldn't trust Uncle Sam with my life.

I can't die but once.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

I grew up like a neglected weed, — ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.

I was born a slave, and I was born in Maryland.

I had a right to liberty or death.