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
brave soul gentleman
The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and vulgar souls.
heart winning faults
There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.
thoughtful mind doubt
The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.
reform world thyself
Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.
interesting accomplish subjects
The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.
book writing needs
If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.
increase servant power-over-others
As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
ifs thyself
If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself.
perfect thyself
Make thyself perfect; others, happy.
lost unlearn
They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.
sincerity depends livelihood
Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends.
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.
morning enthusiasm yearning
When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning.