Tryon Edwards

“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”

“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”

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

“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.”

“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.”

“Worry is the rust upon the blade.”

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”

“The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.”

“Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.”

“Where law ends, tyranny begins.”

“Between two evils, choose neither.”

“He that will not reflect is a ruined man.”

“Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.”

“To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.”

“Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.”

“The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.”

“Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.”