Quotes by Channing, William Ellery

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

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be wh >>

He is to be educated not because he's to make shoes, nails, and pins, >>

Quotations about Fun

Oh! The good times when we were so unhappy. >>

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is n >>

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. >>

Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.

Channing, William Ellery