Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

Quote by William Ellery Channing

Topics: Conscience Quotes, Influence Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Work Quotes

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended...

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended...

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what...

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of...

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of...

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what...

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what...

The world is governed by opinion.

The world is governed by opinion.

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may...

Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may...

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human...

The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human...

The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not...

The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not...

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause...

No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause...