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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