William Penn Quotes
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Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.
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Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.
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He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.
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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
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Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.
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The public must and will be served.
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They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.
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Be rather bountiful, than expensive.
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Next to God, thy parents.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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Death cannot kill that which does not die.
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Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.
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And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.
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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
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Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth; as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.
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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
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Never chide with anger, but instruction.