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15 Martha Washington Quotes

Martha Washington shares a solemn, reflective voice about duty and the limits placed on her.

Martha Washington quotes

  1. I am fond of only what comes from the heart.

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  2. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

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  3. I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else, there is certain bounds set for me which I must not depart from...

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  1. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

  2. The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

  3. I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

  4. The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.

  5. I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.

  6. I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

  7. I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

  8. Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.

  9. I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

  10. The greatest part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

  11. The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

  12. I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without depending on others as that is the only way to be happy to have all your business in your own hands.