Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay Quotes

United States, Author
1864 – 1948.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay was the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. 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.

Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
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?

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Life
- Live
- VItal

Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Striving
- Fearlessness
Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Let
- Assume
- 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?

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Time
- Blessed
- Interrupted
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?"

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Work
- Helping
- Inspiring
Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Soul
- Moment
- Combat
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?"

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Life
- Time
- Question

It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
To have a friend is to have one of the sweetest gifts that life can bring:

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
- Life
- Friend
- Gifts