William Penn Quotes

Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.

You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.

Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves.

Judge not, lest ye be judged judgmental.

Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men?

Judge not others unless you're prepared to be judged!

We are practicing what we preach so that we may preach what we practice.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

We should be proud of our country when we have done something to be proud of, when we have lived up to our own standards. But the flip side of genuine pride is being able to recognize when we have fallen short, and to hold ourselves to account.

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.

The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.