“A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.”
Source: Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838
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Famous William Ellery Channing Quotes
“Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life”
Source: (411 p.)
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
Source: Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838
“Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.”
Source: The complete works of W. E. Channing, D. D., with an introduction
“It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.”
Source: Lectures on the elevation of the labouring portion of the community
“The home is the chief school of human virtues.”
Source: (411 p.)