William Shirley Quotes

#1. The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants!

William Shirley

#2. I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever.

William Shirley

#3. Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there.

William Shirley

#4. Images have a unique power to impart that which is beyond words.

William Shirley

#5. My purpose is to inspire people of all walks of life to discover the virtue inherent within them and to bring forth that virtue in their daily lives.

William Shirley

#6. Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

William Shirley

#7. I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them.

William Shirley