Anna Leonowens Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“The fact is remarkable, that though education in its higher degrees is popularly neglected in Siam, there is scarcely a man or woman in the empire who cannot read and write.”
-- Anna Leonowens

#Writing #Men #Degrees

“The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed.”
-- Anna Leonowens

#Doctrine #May #Belief

“There is compensation in all things.”
-- Anna Leonowens

#Compensation

“Confidence is a plant of slow growth ...”
-- Anna Leonowens

#Confidence #Growth #Plant

“In how many lives there lurks a hidden romance or a hidden terror.”
-- Anna Leonowens

#Romance #Terror

“the night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.”
-- Anna Leonowens

#Dark #Night #Gold