Quotes from Elias Lyman Magoon

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.

True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring.

Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.

The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.

The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom.