James Gibbons Quotes

I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus.

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

There are no office hours for leaders.

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 it.

Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous.

Every man has a mission from God to help his fellow beings.

For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there

A critic is a man who expects miracles.

There are no working hours for leaders.

No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage.

Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently.

No great thing conies to any man unless he has courage.

No great thing comes to any man unless he has courage.