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

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 very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

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

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things...

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall...

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall...

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...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

In this world, no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are...

In this world, no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are...

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

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...

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

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

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

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...

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but...

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but...

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of...

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of...