In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANGod created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks.
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I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: “Go down again – I dwell among the people.
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The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.
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I wonder what day I shall die on – one passes year by year over one’s death day, as one might pass over one’s grave.
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Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.
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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable… we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
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And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
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O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
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Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.
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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.
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