Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1864–1948) was the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania; she had previously attended Wellesley College and Oxford University. She wrote a number of books on theological topics, most of which were published in the early-1900s. Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and the first woman to graduate with a Ph.D in English from the University of Pennsylvania.

1864 - 1948
Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".
Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?
Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed. — © Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.
time spent in being interrupted is not time lost. ... How do we know but that the interruption we snarl at is the most blessed thing that has come to us in long days?
It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.
It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.
Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be.
Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"
Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.
Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.
This site uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. More info...
Got it!