George Dana Boardman (1801–31) was born in Livermore, Maine, the son of the Rev. Sylvanus Boardman. He attended Colby College, and was the school’s first graduate in 1822. He served as tutor for a year at Colby, then continued his education at Andover Theological Seminary. On February 16, 1825, he was ordained a Baptist minister in West Yarmouth, Maine. Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin, President of Colby College, spoke at his ordination. Boardman married Sarah Hall on July 4, 1825.
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Sow an act…reap a habit;
Sow a habit…reap a character;
Sow a character…reap a destiny.
—George Boardman the Younger
Our deeds are seeds of fate, sown here on earth, but bringing forth their harvest in eternity.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Deeds
Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Character
The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Destiny, Habit, Thoughts, Character, Habits, Action, One Step at a Time
The cross is the only ladder high enough to touch Heaven’s threshold.
—George Boardman the Younger
The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Nature
The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Preaching
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