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
Tryon Edwards quotes about
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
True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.
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.
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own