William Penn Quotes

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works... view

By: William Penn

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers... view

By: William Penn

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world... view

By: William Penn

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants... view

By: William Penn

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children... view

By: William Penn

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity.. view

By: William Penn

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense... view

By: William Penn

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed... view

By: William Penn

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end... view

By: William Penn

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man... view

By: William Penn

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us... view

By: William Penn

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it... view

By: William Penn

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any... view

By: William Penn

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body.. view

By: William Penn

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it... view

By: William Penn

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire... view

By: William Penn

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care... view

By: William Penn

He that lives to live forever, never fears dying... view

By: William Penn

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast... view

By: William Penn

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves... view

By: William Penn

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that... view

By: William Penn

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers... view

By: William Penn

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment... view

By: William Penn

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it... view

By: William Penn

To be like Christ is to be a Christian... view

By: William Penn

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's... view

By: William Penn

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst... view

By: William Penn

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand... view

By: William Penn

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune... view

By: William Penn

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee... view

By: William Penn

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns... view

By: William Penn

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it... view

By: William Penn

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God... view

By: William Penn

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform... view

By: William Penn

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains... view

By: William Penn

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason... view

By: William Penn

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom... view

By: William Penn

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help... view

By: William Penn

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness... view

By: William Penn

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly.. view

By: William Penn

Avoid popularity.. view

By: William Penn

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel... view

By: William Penn