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> [I believe in God, not because the Bible tells me that he is, but because my heart tells me so; and the same heart tells me we can only have His peace with us if we love Him and obey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/i-believe-in-god-not-because-the-bible-tells-me-that-he-is-but/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

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## More by James Anthony Froude

> [No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/no-person-is-ever-good-for-much-that-hasn-t-been-swept-off-their-feet/)

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> [We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/we-enter-the-world-alone-we-leave-the-world-alone/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [Mistakes are often the best teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/mistakes-are-often-the-best-teachers/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/high-original-genius-is-always-ridiculed-on-its-first-appearance-most/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [Look not to have your sepulchre built in after ages hy the same foolish hands which still ever destroy the living prophet. Small honour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/look-not-to-have-your-sepulchre-built-in-after-ages-hy-the-same/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/the-providence-that-watches-over-the-affairs-of-men-works-out-of/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. Where we find a heroic life appearing as the uniform fruit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/the-practical-effect-of-a-belief-is-the-real-test-of-its-soundness/)

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> [In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/in-everyday-things-the-law-of-sacrifice-takes-the-form-of-positive/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [Beautiful is old age—beautiful as the slow-dropping mellow autumn of a rich glorious summer. In the old man, Nature has fulfilled her work; she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/beautiful-is-old-age-beautiful-as-the-slow-dropping-mellow-autumn-of/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [The soul of man is not a thing which comes and goes, is builded and decays like the elemental frame in which it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/the-soul-of-man-is-not-a-thing-which-comes-and-goes-is-builded-and/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [The war of good and evil is mightiest in mightiest souls, and even in the darkest time the heart will maintain its right against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/the-war-of-good-and-evil-is-mightiest-in-mightiest-souls-and-even-in/)

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> [Human improvement is from within outward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/human-improvement-is-from-within-outward/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/the-secret-of-a-person-s-nature-lies-in-their-religion-and-what-they/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

> [Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/men-think-to-mend-their-condition-by-a-change-of-circumstances-they/)

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> [There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/there-are-epidemics-of-nobleness-as-well-as-epidemics-of-disease/)

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