Michael Edwardes quotes

“Good men prefer to be accountable.”
-- Michael Edwardes

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“We may not preach a crucified Saviour without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life.”

“This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

“Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.”

“Good manners require space and time.”

“If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.”

Source : Anna Sewell (1895). “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse”, p.185

“God makes all things good; Man meddles with 'em and they become evil.”

“The love of wine is a good man's failing.”

“Gentlemen prefer bonds.”

“That some Forms of Government are preferable to others, cannot be doubted; yet neither our Saviour, nor his Apostles have decided where that Preference is due.”

“It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate.”