Make thyself perfect; others, happy. John Lancaster Spalding More Quotes by John Lancaster Spalding More Quotes From John Lancaster Spalding The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is John Lancaster Spalding braverycourageinspirational Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind. John Lancaster Spalding philosophicalmotivationalphilosophy Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind. John Lancaster Spalding opinionbeliefmind When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all. John Lancaster Spalding Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed. John Lancaster Spalding atmospheresucceedbelieve We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us. John Lancaster Spalding calamitydisturbed What we love to do we find time to do. John Lancaster Spalding time-managementtime Your faith is what you believe, not what you know. John Lancaster Spalding faithknowsbelieve As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape. John Lancaster Spalding paradisesadmemories Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. John Lancaster Spalding familymommother If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad. John Lancaster Spalding fateflowertrouble We have no sympathy with those who are controlled by ideas and passions which we neither understand nor feel. Thus they who live to satisfy the appetites do not believe it possible to live in and for the soul. John Lancaster Spalding passionbelieveideas Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts. John Lancaster Spalding and-lovewould-bethinking If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many. John Lancaster Spalding wiseartthinking Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends. John Lancaster Spalding livelihoodsuspicioussincerity The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability. John Lancaster Spalding abilityabledesire The more we live with what we imagine others think of us, the less we live with truth. John Lancaster Spalding imaginethinking If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject. John Lancaster Spalding strongpersonalityinteresting Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word. John Lancaster Spalding altruismbarbarismlove-is When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many. John Lancaster Spalding and-loveapprovalknows
