175 Quotes by 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.

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.