"Force may make hypocrites, but it can never…" — William Penn
"Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts."
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William Penn
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195 Quotes by William Penn
William Penn has 195 quotes on this site.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon…
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and…
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Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.
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All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men.…
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If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him...…
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.
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Drunkenness, spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans the man.
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Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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More Converts Quotes
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one of 98 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was…
— Chinua Achebe
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There is no secret in the mystery of life stronger and more beautiful than that attachment which converts the silence…
— Khalil Gibran
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A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.
— William Hazlitt
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The artist does not illustrate science; ... [but] he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does, and…
— Lewis Mumford
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The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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With its array of gadgets and machines, all powered by energies that are destructive of land or air or water,…
— Wendell Berry
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Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
— George Farquhar
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The Holy Ghost converts [us] from carnality to spirituality. It cleanses, heals, and purifies the soul. . . . .…
— Marion G. Romney
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A man in twenty-four hours converts as much as seven ounces of carbon into carbonic acid; a milch cow will…
— Michael Faraday
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The catalyst that converts any physical location - any environment if you will - into a place, is the process…
— Alan Gussow
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Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action…
— Abdul Kalam
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Quorum and group leaders should provide the leading voice and laboring oar in every ward and branch council regarding retention…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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