William Penn Quotes
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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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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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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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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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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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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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
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Death cannot kill that which does not die.
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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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Next to God, thy parents.
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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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They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.
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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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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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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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Be rather bountiful, than expensive.
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The public must and will be served.
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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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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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The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
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Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.
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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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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.