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.

- Harriet Tubman

We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was t…

- Harriet Tubman

Never wound a snake; kill it.

- Harriet Tubman

The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.

- Harriet Tubman

Twant me, 'twas the Lord. I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did.

- Harriet Tubman

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.

- Harriet Tubman

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom, I was a stranger in …

- Harriet Tubman

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

- 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…

- Harriet Tubman