William Penn Quotes about Giving

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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.

William Penn

Men, Giving, Voting

Thomas Clarkson, William Penn (1827). “Memoirs of the private and public life of William Penn: who settled the state of Pennsylvania, and founded the city of Philadelphia”, p.117

Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.

William Penn

Hope, Giving, Expectations

Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.43, Courier Corporation

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

William Penn

Giving, Wit, Ballast

Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.38, Courier Corporation

You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.

William Penn

Giving, Mind, Privilege

William Hepworth Dixon, William Penn (1851). “William Penn, a Historical Biography”, p.103

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.

William Penn

Men, Two, Giving