Quotes by Channing, William Ellery

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is t >>

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior mi >>

Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce >>

Quotations about Character

Do what you know and perception is converted into character. >>

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice. >>

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly b >>

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

Channing, William Ellery