Tryon Edwards
Tryon Edwards
Tryon Edwards was an American theologian, best known for compiling A Dictionary of Thoughts, a book of quotations. He published the works of Jonathan Edwardsin 1842. He also compiled and published the sixteen sermons of his great grandfather, Jonathan Edwards, on 1 Corinthians 13, the "Love Chapter", titling the book "Charity And Its Fruits; Christian love as manifested in the heart and life", which was thought by some to be the most thorough analysis of the text of 1 Corinthians...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTheologian
CountryUnited States of America
Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test of reason or truth.
Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.
There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.
The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
Whoever in prayer can say, ""Our Father,"" acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.
He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.
Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.
Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning