William Penn Quotes

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom.

Everything depends on knowing how much,” she said, and “Good is knowing when to stop.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

Sometimes you need to know to quit while you're ahead or at least before things get much worse!

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.

Don't be impatient when it takes too long. Or drink it all even when it tastes to strong.

There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop,sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to stop

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as tolame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.

Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.

Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest.

The trouble, dollIs not moving mountains, butDigging the ground that you're on

We have to be more modest in what we claim.

He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the contrary, who is very impatient in procuring a certain thing, takes so much pains about it, that, even when he is successful, he does not think himself sufficiently rewarded.

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.

We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast

I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash in life.... I amresolved to restrain myself and attend more to decorum.

The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime.

Yeah, leading an examined life, I always say, is a pain in the ass. It adds an element of complexity to business that most businessmen don't want to hear about. They just want to call a fabric manufacturer, and say, "Hey, give us 10,000 yards of shirting."