131 Quotes by Tryon Edwards

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers rather than to fill it with the accumulation of others.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.