Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935), known as the "mother" of Social Work, was a pionee...
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world. Jane Addams
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. Jane Addams
Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.
If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights. Jane Addams
If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights.
We forget that the accumulation of knowledge and the holding of convictions must finally result in the application of that knowledge and those convictions to life itself. Jane Addams
We forget that the accumulation of knowledge and the holding of convictions must finally result in the application of that knowledge and those convictions to life itself.
Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand. Jane Addams
Perhaps nothing is so fraught with significance as the human hand.
If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse. Jane Addams
If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics. Jane Addams
Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed! Jane Addams
You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed!
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. Jane Addams
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled. Jane Addams
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.
A very little familiarity with the poor districts of any city is sufficient to show how primitive and genuine are the neighborly relations. Jane Addams
A very little familiarity with the poor districts of any city is sufficient to show how primitive and genuine are the neighborly relations.
Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age. Jane Addams
Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.
