John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding
John Lancaster Spaldingwas an American author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 and a co-founder of The Catholic University of America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 June 1840
CountryUnited States of America
John Lancaster Spalding quotes about
spring mean roots
Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs.
latin mind may
One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant.
philosophy mind literature
The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct.
teacher sovereign reason
It is the business of the teacher ... to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign.
might helping burden
Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.
sheep would-be gentle
If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.
firsts persons definite
Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.
worry source
Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.
men fire brave
As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.
character vicious difficulty
There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.
animal giving kingdoms
In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.
men littles busy
Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men.
sunset dawn acres
The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth.
men self guests
When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.