A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
JOHN HENRY NEWMANGo down again – I dwell among the people.
More John Henry Newman Quotes
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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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It’s really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, … The situation is just so tenuous with where it’s going to hit. You don’t want to take any chances.
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Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.
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From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
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All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel’s) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.
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There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.
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It is not God’s way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings. If the truth is to be spread to any wide extent among the people, how can we dream, how can we hope, that trial and trouble shall not accompany its going forth.
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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.
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Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
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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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To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.
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When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
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