#our

A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first became a school boarder, or in 1867, when I ceased to be one. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#ceased #country #course #equipped #first

It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#became #literary #marriage #our #ours

My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#died #eight #father #fells #four

Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#children #daughters #our #son #two

The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#answer #both #christian #christianity #course

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#adds #balance #life #pole #sense

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country. ↗

— Sela Ward

#care #community #cook #country #died

Yes and our obsession with youth in our culture and how we, women lie about their age after 35 obsessively and no one wants to let anyone know they're getting older, et cetera. ↗

— Sela Ward

#after #age #anyone #cetera #culture

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#answers #direct #energies #excuses #focus

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#commonplace #human #laugh #make #maturity