William Penn Quotes About Overcoming

Quotes about: Overcoming

• 'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

  William Penn

  Temptation, Overcoming, Sin

  William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.839

• To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

  William Penn

  Evil, Overcoming, Guilty

  William Penn (1841). “Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. A new ed”, p.73

• If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

  William Penn

  Men, Evil, Weakness

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.60, Courier Corporation

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