Quotes of Clara Barton - somelinesforyou

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton

“ I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done… I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton

“ Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton

“ I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done… I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ”

- Clara Barton

“ Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton

“ Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton

“ I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done… I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton

“ Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always less well than I wanted it to be but it is, as it is, and as it has been; so small a thing, to have had so much about it! ”

- Clara Barton

“ Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do. ”

- Clara Barton

“ Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business. ”

- Clara Barton

“ An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. I suppose it is a philanthropic movement to try to reverse the process. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done… I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past. ”

- Clara Barton

“ The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me. ”

- Clara Barton

“ Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do. ”

- Clara Barton

“ Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business. ”

- Clara Barton

“ Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do. ”

- Clara Barton

“ This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ”

- Clara Barton

“ This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers. ”

- Clara Barton

“ Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. ”

- Clara Barton

“ I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? ”

- Clara Barton
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