Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Thomas John Barnardo

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish celebrity Thomas John Barnardo.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Thomas John Barnardo

Thomas John Barnardo was an Irish-born philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death, nearly 60,000 children had been taken in.

There can be only one Captain to a ship.
The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way.
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. — © Thomas John Barnardo
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.
Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills.
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage.
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