James Anthony Froude
9 quotes.
Quotes by James Anthony Froude
- Be honest with yourself, whatever the temptation; say nothing to others that you do not think, and play no tricks with your own mind. Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in this world, insincerity is the most dangerous.
- Human improvement is from within outwards.
- No man is ever good for much who has not been carried off his feet by enthusiasm between twenty and thirty.
- Of all the evil spirits abroad in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.
- The better a man is morally, the less conscious he is of his virtues. The greater the artist, the more aware he must be of his shortcomings.
- The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
- The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
- The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.
- You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.