Ginny Dye > Quotes

“I’ve learned we don’t always get to pick our circumstances. We just get to deal with them.”
― Ginny Dye, On To Richmond

“How I live life is my choice. Always. I can choose joy and peace in the midst of any circumstances because I know things will always change.”
― Ginny Dye, The Last Long Night

“Courage is a wonderful mixture of bravery and wisdom — obstinacy is just plain stubborn determination to have something your way.”
― Ginny Dye, Dark Chaos

“The truth is…we change the course of history with every action we take.”
― Ginny Dye, Shifted by the Winds: 1866 September-December

“People believe easily when it doesn’t cause them any discomfort. It’s when it hurts to believe that believing means something.”
― Ginny Dye, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861

“Girl, the only thing you can depend on is change. Things always gonna be changin’. But changing ain’t neither good nor bad. It’s what you do with it. You can fight it and let it get the best of you. You can feel sorry for yourself ‘cause thin’s ain’t stayin’ just like they was. Or you can look for the good in what’s new. You can search for ways to make thin’s better. It’s all how you look at it — and what you figur’ to do with it.”
― Ginny Dye, On To Richmond

“I will never understand why people feel the need to control and subjugate what scares them.”
― Ginny Dye, Walking Toward Freedom: January 1873-November 1873

“There isn’t anything wrong with fear. Every great person has to face fear. The important thing is not to let it win out over you. You have to face your fears and not back down. Fear can actually be a good thing.”
― Ginny Dye, On To Richmond

“Ignorance is the biggest threat to democracy.”
― Ginny Dye, Walking Into the Unknown: 1867-1868

“I believe the only responsibility we have as humans is to support people and policies that make America a better place—not a place of division and hatred.”
― Ginny Dye, Walking Into the Unknown: 1867-1868

“Passion is now ruling our country.”
― Ginny Dye, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861

“He explained he was taught that blacks have much smaller brains than whites, and that they aren’t capable of taking care of themselves without whites to handle them.”
― Ginny Dye, Walking Toward Freedom: January 1873-November 1873

“Your grandmother was brought to America by white slave traders, but they weren’t the ones who captured her. Other Africans stole her, along with dozens of others, from her village.  They forced them to walk to the wharves where the white slave traders waited and sold them.”
― Ginny Dye, Walking Toward Freedom: January 1873-November 1873

“No matter where you live, I believe you can do something to make a difference.”
― Ginny Dye, Journey to Joy: 1872

“Unfortunately, fear overrules one’s ability to listen to reason, especially if there is no desire to change.”
― Ginny Dye, Carried Forward by Hope: April-December 1865

“When everything around you is dark, focus on taking the next step. In time, there will be light to illuminate that step.”
― Ginny Dye, Gateway to a New Beginning: September 1873-January 1874

“People don’t like to be pushed into a corner. When they are, they lose sight of what they are fighting about. They simply fight to get out of the corner. At that point, reason loses all power to affect change. It becomes as futile an effort as trying to push back the tide.”
― Ginny Dye, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861

“There are so many times pain and fear are rocketing around in my head and making so much noise that it’s all I can focus on. But then I listen…” “And you hear God.”
― Ginny Dye, The Last, Long Night: 1864-1865

“Mr. Bergh has been able to pass several laws about cruelty to animals. He founded the ASPCA in 1866. He’s fought relentlessly for animals since then.”
― Ginny Dye, Courage to Stand: October 1872-January 1873

“It was enough to hold her daughter in her arms and let her feel how treasured she was. ”
― Ginny Dye, Gateway to a New Beginning: September 1873-January 1874

“Fear is the brain’s way of saying there is something important for you to overcome.”
― Ginny Dye, Shifted By The Winds

“The longer I watch what‘s happening in our country, the more I realize there is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.”
― Ginny Dye, Misty Shadows of Hope: 1870

“Your beliefs have no value - unless you take action to change the things you believe should be better.  Ask yourself the question; What am I going to do about it?”
― Ginny Dye, The Twisted Road of One Writer: The Birth of the Bregdan Chronicles

“Right now, fear is controlling her decisions, but at some point she will get tired of the fear and reach down to grab the strength that is waiting.”
― Ginny Dye, Carried Forward by Hope: April-December 1865

“I’m choosing to believe I’ll recognize them when I see them.”
― Ginny Dye, Carried Forward by Hope: April-December 1865

“wondering whether Peter would agree that”
― Ginny Dye, The Last, Long Night: 1864-1865

“Wyoming was the first government in the world to grant women that right,” Abby interjected. “They haven’t been granted statehood, but they already recognize the power and ability women have to make America better.”
― Ginny Dye, Shining Through Dark Clouds: 1870-1871

“what was really there. It was Thomas”
― Ginny Dye, Shifted by the Winds: 1866 September-December

“The dark clouds covering America were relentless in their pursuit of innovative ways to darken men’s hearts and pull the worst from them.”
― Ginny Dye, Dark Chaos

“Abolitionists had fought for decades to end slavery. The nation had endured four years of a brutal war to grant freedom to slaves. “The South has simply found a new way to enslave black people,” she said angrily.”
― Ginny Dye, Walking Toward Freedom: January 1873-November 1873