Barton

Famous quotes containing the word barton:

    I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for a moment lost sight of the humble life I was born to, its small environments, and the consequently little right I had to expect much of myself, and shall have the less to censure, or upbraid myself with for the failures I must see myself make.
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)

    Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
    Under the shade of a coolibah tree;
    —Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)

    ... it has always proved that the grandeur of a nation was shown by the respect paid to woman.
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)