Facts about John Henry Newman

Occup.	Clergyman
From	United Kingdom
Born	February 21, 1801
Died	August 11, 1890
Aged	89 years

Summary

John Henry Newman was a famous Clergyman from United Kingdom, who lived between February 21, 1801 and August 11, 1890. He/she became 89 years old.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by John.

Related authors: John Keble (Clergyman)

30 Famous quotes by John Henry Newman

"Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion"

John Henry Newman

"We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything"

John Henry Newman

"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"

John Henry Newman

"It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing"

John Henry Newman

"Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt"

John Henry Newman

"Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it"

John Henry Newman

"Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for"

John Henry Newman

"It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain"

John Henry Newman

"It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain"

John Henry Newman

"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 Newman

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

John Henry Newman

"If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards"

John Henry Newman

"Growth is the only evidence of life"

John Henry Newman

"Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning"

John Henry Newman

"Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance"

John Henry Newman

"Calculation never made a hero"

John Henry Newman

"Ability is sexless"

John Henry Newman

"A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault"

John Henry Newman

"A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise"

John Henry Newman

"A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature"

John Henry Newman

"We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe"

John Henry Newman

"Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue"

John Henry Newman

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often"

John Henry Newman

"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"

John Henry Newman

"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"

John Henry Newman

"The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men"

John Henry 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 Newman

"Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish"

John Henry Newman

"It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen"

John Henry Newman

"It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience"

John Henry Newman