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.

Quote by John Henry Newman

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

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

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

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a...

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a...

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them...

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them...

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

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

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

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

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with...

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a...

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a...

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or...

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or...

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I...

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I...

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who...

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who...

Ability is sexless.

Ability is sexless.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so...

Apologizing isn't a sign of being weak. It's a sign of being the bigger person...

Apologizing isn't a sign of being weak. It's a sign of being the bigger person...

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.