Quotes from Tryon Edwards

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

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

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

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

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

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

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

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness,errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all

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

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things

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

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

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

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

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

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

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 fill it with the accumulation of others.

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.

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

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.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

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.