Ward

Famous quotes containing the word ward:

    If we ever feel discouraged by the apparent constraints on humanity, about its lack of elbowroom and freedom of action, we should think of the Jews and the Greeks, insignificant, powerless, and tiny in the age of the dinosaur empires, yet providing the growing points for the next stage in human destiny.
    —Barbara Ward (1914–1981)

    Conviction is the conscience of the mind.
    Humphrey, Mrs. Ward (1851–1920)

    Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)