William Penn Quotes

A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.

William Penn

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• Forgive
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• I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Up
  • Great
  • Mother

• What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Mind
  • Compassion
  • Results

• When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

  

  Illeana Douglas
  • Character
  • Experience
  • Try

• Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.

  

  Feng Zhang
  • Light
  • Control
  • Brain

• The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.

  

  Ralph Adams Cram
  • Great
  • War
  • Progressive

• If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Life
  • American
  • Know

• I make mistakes on a very grand scale.

  

  Gail Carson Levine
  • Mistakes
  • Very
  • Scale

• There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Life
  • Up
  • Question

• Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Attitude
  • Excellence
  • Skill

• We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Progress
  • Discrimination

• We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.

  

  Bashar al-Assad
  • Israel
  • Dealing
  • Treachery

• I'm completely in love with the idea of love.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Love
  • Idea
  • Completely

• My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • Small
  • Thought
  • Stand

• On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.

  

  Oren Peli
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
  • Beautiful
  • Day
  • Band

• I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Children
  • Change
  • Try

• I'm an all-or-nothing person.

  

  Taylor Kitsch
  • Person

• It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Trying
  • Mom
  • Challenge

• If the FBI gets the 'back doors' it wants, Internet services would be required to create a massive online infrastructure for law enforcement to spy on members of the public.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Law
  • Internet
  • Doors

• Simply believing in the existence of God is not exactly what I would call a commitment. After all, even the devil believes that God exists. Believing has to change the way we live.

  

  Mother Angelica
  • Believe
  • Commitment
  • Existence

• The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.

  

  Cheryl Mills
  • People
  • Power
  • History

• A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.

  

  William Penn
  • Believe
  • Love
  • Forgive