"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
WisdomView Quote
Other Quotes by William Penn
Discover more inspiring quotes by William Penn
"Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers."
-William Penn
TruthView Quote
"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers."
-William Penn
TruthView Quote
"Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee."
-William Penn
TrustView Quote
"For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity."
-William Penn
TimeView Quote
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."
-William Penn
TimeView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity."
-Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
WisdomView Quote
"A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one."
-Lord John Russell
WisdomView Quote
"Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means."
-Francis Hutcheson
WisdomView Quote
"This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will."
-Stanford Moore
WisdomView Quote
"I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom."
-Nina Totenberg
WisdomView Quote
"The result showed the wisdom of your orders."
-John Bigelow
WisdomView Quote