Quotes by William Penn

It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.

— William Penn

Wisdom

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

— William Penn

Courage

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

— William Penn

Wisdom

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

— William Penn

Life

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Education

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

— William Penn

Wisdom

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

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.

— William Penn

Life

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

— William Penn

Education

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.

— William Penn

Love

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

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.

— William Penn

Life

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

— William Penn

Success

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

— William Penn

Wisdom

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

— William Penn

Wisdom

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

— William Penn

Wisdom