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.

Quote by John Henry Newman

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Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

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

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

Calculation never made a hero.

Calculation never made a hero.

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...

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 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 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...

Ability is sexless.

Ability is sexless.

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...

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well...

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well...

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.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...