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Top 10 Henry Morton Stanley Quotes (2025 Update)

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”

1. “Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “Granted that I know little of my real self, still, I am the best evidence for myself. And though, when I have quitted this world, it will matter nothing to me what people say of me, up to the moment of death we should strive to leave behind us something which can either Comfort, Amuse, Instruct, or Benefit the living; and though I cannot do either, execpt in a small degree, even that little should be given.”

2. “Granted that I know little of my real self, still, I am the best evidence for myself. And though, when I have quitted this world, it will matter nothing to me what people say of me, up to the moment of death we should strive to leave behind us something which can either Comfort, Amuse, Instruct, or Benefit the living; and though I cannot do either, execpt in a small degree, even that little should be given.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.”

3. “The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.”

4. “Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.”

5. “Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “The study of Dr. Livingstone would not be complete if we did not take the religious side of his character into consideration. His religion is not of the theoretical kind, but it is a constant, earnest, sincere practice. It is neither demonstrative nor loud, but manifests itself in a quiet, practical way, and is always at work. It is not aggressive, which sometimes is troublesome, if not impertinent.”

6. “The study of Dr. Livingstone would not be complete if we did not take the religious side of his character into consideration. His religion is not of the theoretical kind, but it is a constant, earnest, sincere practice. It is neither demonstrative nor loud, but manifests itself in a quiet, practical way, and is always at work. It is not aggressive, which sometimes is troublesome, if not impertinent.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.”

7. “But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “If there is love between us, inconceivably delicious, and profitable will our intercourse be; if not, your time is lost, and you will only annoy me. I shall seem to you stupid, and the reputation I have false. All my good is magnetic, and I educate not by lessons, but by going about my business.“ – Emerson’s ‘Representative Men’.”

8. “If there is love between us, inconceivably delicious, and profitable will our intercourse be; if not, your time is lost, and you will only annoy me. I shall seem to you stupid, and the reputation I have false. All my good is magnetic, and I educate not by lessons, but by going about my business.“ – Emerson’s ‘Representative Men’.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.”

9. “Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “Bread was baked, a canteen was filled with cold tea, and a leg of a kid was roasted for his sustenance while on the road.”

10. “Bread was baked, a canteen was filled with cold tea, and a leg of a kid was roasted for his sustenance while on the road.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible.”

11. “An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.”

12. “The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley Quote: “I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.”

13. “I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.”

— Henry Morton Stanley

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