Mary Augusta Ward Quotes

A collection of quotes by Mary Augusta Ward.

Mary Augusta Ward, born on June 11, 1851, was a British novelist and social reformer. She is best known for her novel "Robert Elsmere," published in 1888, which dealt with religious and social issues of the time. Ward was a prominent figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, advocating for women's suffrage and other progressive causes. She also founded the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League in 1908. Ward's literary works often explored themes of morality, duty, and social responsibility. She passed away on March 24, 1920, leaving behind a significant literary and social legacy.

Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one cre

Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.

Mary Augusta Ward

Truth System

I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character,

I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again.

Mary Augusta Ward

Religion

It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was t

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

Mary Augusta Ward

Marriage

In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century

In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction.

Mary Augusta Ward

Trust

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn'

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

English girls' schools today providing the higher education

English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century.

Mary Augusta Ward

Knowledge

The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher i

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 Augusta Ward

Teacher