Sarah Josepha Hale - Power Quotes

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Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

Sarah Josepha Hale

Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.

Sarah Josepha Hale

Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.

Sarah Josepha Hale

Next to genius, is the power
Of feeling where true genius lies.

Sarah Josepha Hale

Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome;
The good, the true, the tender - these form the wealth of home.

Sarah Josepha Hale