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Tryon Edwards Biography

Tryon Edwards (7 August 1809, Hartford, Conn.; 4 January 1894, Detroit, Mich.) was an American theologian, best known for compiling A Dictionary of Thoughts, a book of quotations. He published the works of Jonathan Edwards (the younger) in 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[citation needed] to be the most thorough analysis of the text of 1 Corinthians 13 ever written. An original quote of Tryon Edwards is: “Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.” ~ Tryon Edwards

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He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection.

Good, Mean, Resolves, Stars, Weakness, Wise

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

Apology, Offer, Ones, Past, Regret

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.

Character, Dry, Mind, Rot, Uselessness

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Education, Know, Teach, Teacher, Teaching, Thoroughly

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.

Able, Accomplish, Elastic, Human, Mind, Obliged

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Death, Fear, Grave, Heaven, Inspirational, Taken

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

Anger, May, Sorrow, Suppress

Piety and morality are but the same spirit differently manifested. Piety is religion with its face toward God; morality is religion with its face toward the world.

Faces, Morality, Piety, Religion, World

Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.

Age, Cheerful, Men, Years, Youth

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

Aims, Character, Characters, Inspirational, Mind, Objects

Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - "Agnostic" is but the Greek for "ignoramus. "

Confession, Greek, Ignorance, Inquiry, Truth

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.

Impression, Memories, Mind, Rarely, Secret

Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.

Part, Shadow, Shadows, Superstitions, Truths

Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your housebold.

Anecdote, Book, Children, Family, Hands, Housebold

Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life?

Believe, Medicine, Poison, Sincerely, Take, Test

There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.

Driven, Independence, Led

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

Definitions, Ended, Engaged, Engagement, Firsts

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

Devils, Errors, Evil, Prejudice, Ruinous, Truth

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

Anxiety, Life, Parent, Poison, Sins

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Bread, Death, May, Poisoned, Satisfy, Sinful

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