William Penn Quotes

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

Friendship, True, Friend

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

Jealousy, Jealous, Others

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

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

Death, Time, Eternity

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

God, Men, Governed

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

Wrong, Everyone, Against

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

Knowledge, Ignorance, Humility

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
William Penn

Patience, Faith, Diligence

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

Health, Mind, True

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

Help, Understand, Lord

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
William Penn

Trust, Another, Betray

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

Real, Avoid, Popularity

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
William Penn

Beauty, Marriage, Money

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, Reason

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
William Penn

God, Obedience, Rebellion

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

Men, Live, True

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

Far, Bitter, Church

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
William Penn

Government, Governed, Govern

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

Good, End, Evil

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.
William Penn

Christian, Christ

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

Justice, Lives, Pay

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

Mind, Reason, Reading

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

Good, End, Sure

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.
William Penn

Great, Wisdom, Live

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
William Penn

Less, Judgment, Wit

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Leader

Born: October 14, 1644

Died: July 30, 1718

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