Quotes by Elizabeth Blackwell

• Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development.
• I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.
• If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.
• It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
• The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.
• A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.
• To choose authenticity in a world full of illusions is a triumph of the true self.
• Do not be afraid to stand out in a crowd, for it is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep for a lifetime.
• Do not be afraid to stand alone, for true strength comes from within.
• The best way to predict the future is to create it
• Strength comes from struggle, growth comes from overcoming obstacles.
• A life lived for oneself is a life half-lived