Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Clara Barton
- Everybody’s business is nobody’s business, and nobody’s business is my business.
- The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.
- 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.
- People should not say that this or that is not worth learning, giving as their reason that it will not be put to use. They can no more know what information they will need in the future than they will know the weather two hundred years from today.
- What could I do but go with them Civil War soldiers, or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
- I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man’s work for less than a man’s pay.
- You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.
- It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.
- 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 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 (1821–1922) was a pioneering American nurse, teacher, and humanitarian, best known as the founder of the American Red Cross. Born in North Oxford, Massachusetts, she displayed an early passion for helping others and began her teaching career at the age of 17.
During the American Civil War, Barton gained recognition for her selfless dedication to caring for wounded soldiers. She earned the nickname “The Angel of the Battlefield” for her tireless efforts to provide medical aid and supplies to soldiers on the front lines. Her work extended beyond the war, as she worked to locate missing soldiers and inform their families of their fate.
After the Civil War, Barton embarked on a European journey to recover her health and discovered the Red Cross movement. Inspired, she returned to the United States and worked diligently to establish the American Red Cross in 1881, serving as its first president.
Throughout her life, Clara Barton remained committed to humanitarian causes, participating in disaster relief efforts and advocating for women’s rights. Her legacy endures through the American Red Cross, an organization that continues to provide assistance to those in need during times of crisis. Clara Barton’s tireless devotion to humanitarian service has left an indelible mark on American history.
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