| 19 Famous Quotes by William Ellery Channing
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“It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.”
Quality Quotes |
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“Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself”
Self-sacrifice Quotes |
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“Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.”
Poets Quotes Source: The Poet of the Old and New Times
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“Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.”
Labor Quotes Source: War
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“Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.”
Errors Quotes Source: Address on The Present Age
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“I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me,
If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.”
Hope Quotes Source: A Poet's Hope (st. 13)
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“Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.”
Power Quotes Source: The Present Age--An Address
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“Iron hand in a velvet glove.”
Power Quotes Source: The Present Age--An Address
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“Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.”
Immortality Quotes Source: Immortality
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“Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.”
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“Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.”
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“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.”
Difficulties Quotes |
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“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
Difficulty Quotes |
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“Error is discipline through which we advance.”
Error Quotes |
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“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.”
Faith Quotes |
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“The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.”
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“Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.”
Responsibility Quotes |
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“Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.”
Reverie Quotes |
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“Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.”
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William Ellery Channing Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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