The Lord gave me ‘Sojourner,’ because I was to travel up an’ down the land, showin’ the people their sins an’ bein’ a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name ’cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me ‘Truth,’ because I was to declare the truth to people. Sojourner Truth Read Quote
Good man! Genuine gentleman! God bless George Thompson, the great-hearted friend of my race. Sojourner Truth Read Quote
God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins? Sojourner Truth Read Quote
The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for. Sojourner Truth Read Quote
The slaveholders are terrible for promising to give you this or that, or such and such a privilege, if you will do thus and so, and when the time of fulfillment comes, and one claims the promise, they, forsooth, recollect nothing of the kind; and you are, like as not, taunted with being a liar. Sojourner Truth Read Quote
It is written that there shall be a separation, and the sheep shall be separated from the goats. The other preachers have the sheep; I have the goats. And I have a few sheep among my goats, but they are very ragged. Sojourner Truth Read Quote
When I preaches, I has just one text to preach from, an’ I always preaches from this one. My text is, ‘When I found Jesus.’ Sojourner Truth Read Quote
Though it seems curious, I do not remember ever asking for anything but what I got it. And I always received it as an answer to my prayers. Sojourner Truth Read Quote
