Author: Tryon Edwards

Quotes

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

- Tryon Edwards

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

- Tryon Edwards

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

- 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.

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.

- Tryon Edwards

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

- Tryon Edwards

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

- Tryon Edwards

Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

- Tryon Edwards

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

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

- Tryon Edwards

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

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

- Tryon Edwards

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