131 Quotes by Tryon Edwards

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

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

Whoever in prayer can say, ""Our Father,"" acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.