26 Quotations by John Henry Newman
- 1. A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
- 2. A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a tr ...
- 3. Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
- 4. Calculation never made a hero.
- 5. Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.
- 6. Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
- 7. Faith... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.
- 8. Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.
- 9. From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other re ...
- 10. Growth is the only evidence of life.
- 11. If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good m ...
- 12. If then the power of speech is as great as any that can be named,—if the origin of language is by ma ...
- 13. If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.
- 14. If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and ...
- 15. In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you mus ...
- 16. It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
- 17. It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
- 18. Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
- 19. Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
- 20. Living movements do not come of committees.
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