James Gibbons Quotes
- Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
- For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there
- Every man has a mission from God to help his fellow beings.
- Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.
- We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon…
- There are no working hours for leaders.
- Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently.
- No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage.
- There are no office hours for leaders.
- To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes all…
- I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus.