William Penn Quotes (21 quotations)
1. A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. - William Penn
2. All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad. - William Penn
3. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it. - William Penn
4. Far too many executives have become more concerned with the "four P's" - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders. - William Penn
5. For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. - William Penn
6. Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts. - William Penn
7. 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. - William Penn
8. If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains. - William Penn
9. If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants. - William Penn
10. Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. - William Penn
11. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. - William Penn
12. Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely. - William Penn
13. Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. - William Penn
14. No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. - William Penn
15. O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. - William Penn
16. Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. - William Penn
17. 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
18. Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. - William Penn
19. Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst. - William Penn
20. True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. - William Penn
21. Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. - William Penn
2. All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad. - William Penn
3. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it. - William Penn
4. Far too many executives have become more concerned with the "four P's" - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders. - William Penn
5. For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. - William Penn
6. Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts. - William Penn
7. 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. - William Penn
8. If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains. - William Penn
9. If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants. - William Penn
10. Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. - William Penn
11. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. - William Penn
12. Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely. - William Penn
13. Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. - William Penn
14. No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. - William Penn
15. O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. - William Penn
16. Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. - William Penn
17. 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
18. Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. - William Penn
19. Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst. - William Penn
20. True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. - William Penn
21. Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. - William Penn
