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John Henry Cardinal Newman was a 19th-century English theologian and cardinal. John Henry Newman was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest, and after his conversion to Catholicism, became a cardinal. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.”
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
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“Fear not that thy life shall come to an end but rather that it shall never have a beginning.”
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
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“To live is to change and to be perfect is to change often.”
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
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“Courage does not consist in calculation but in fighting against chances.”
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
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“Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion on slender evidence.”
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
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“If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.”
— John Henry Cardinal Newman
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