Quotes of John Henry Cardinal Newman - somelinesforyou

“ Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world. It neither confines its views to particular professions on the one hand, nor creates heroes or inspires genius on the other… ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Growth is the only evidence of life. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Calculation never made a hero. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Living movements do not come of committees. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world. It neither confines its views to particular professions on the one hand, nor creates heroes or inspires genius on the other… ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Calculation never made a hero. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Calculation never made a hero. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ If then the power of speech is as great as any that can be named,f the origin of language is by many philosophers considered nothing short of divinef by means of words the secrets of the heart are brought to light, pain of soul is relieved, hidden grief is carried off, sympathy conveyed, experience recorded, and wisdom perpetuated,f by great authors the many are drawn up into unity, national character is fixed, a people speaks, the past and the future, the East and the West are brought into communication with each other,f such men are, in a word, the spokesmen and the prophets of the human familyt will not answer to make light of Literature or to neglect its study: rather we may be sure that, in proportion as we master it in whatever language, and imbibe its spirit, we shall ourselves become in our own measure the ministers of like benefits to otherse they many or few, be they in the obscurer or the more distinguished walks of lifeho are united to us by social ties, and a. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman

“ To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. ”

- John Henry Cardinal Newman
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