Top 7 Quotes by William Shirley

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

Reality, Greatness, Soul

My purpose is to inspire people of all walks of life to discover the virtue inherent within them and to bring forth that virtue in their daily lives.

William Shirley

People, Inspire, Purpose

I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever.

William Shirley

Law, Enemy, Arms

William Shirley, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (1973). “Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and military commander in America, 1731-1760”

Images have a unique power to impart that which is beyond words.

William Shirley

Unique, Impart

I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them.

William Shirley

Way, Weakness, Missionary

William Shirley, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (1973). “Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and military commander in America, 1731-1760”