James Gibbons Quotes

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

James Gibbons

#2. Blast ignorant people with high-powered streams of information and wisdom, but only when fire hoses are not readily available.

Cassandra Duffy

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

James Gibbons

#4. It is always possible to create something original.

George Gershwin

#5. He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

James Gibbons Huneker

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

James Gibbons

#7. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. The grass is greenest where it is watered.

Robert Fulghum

#8. There are no office hours for leaders.

James Gibbons

#9. A critic is a man who expects miracles.

James Gibbons Huneker

#10. Right before I met my husband, I always felt as if the party was happening somewhere else. And once I met him and we had our children, I was like, 'This is where the party is.'

Julianne Moore

#11. As for inflicting our sorrow on other people, one does not want to go around blathering and crying all the time. But perhaps it is our gift to others to trust them enough to share our feelings with them. It may help them deal with some of their own.

Martha Whitmore Hickman

#12. I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

Aaron Neville

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

James Gibbons

#14. Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

James Gibbons

#15. Many of those who can, do. Some of those who don't, write, and tend to criticize doing.

Samuel C. Florman

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

James Gibbons

#17. The critical ingredient is a maverick mind. Focus on trading vehicles, strategies and time horizons that suit your personality. In a nutshell, it all comes down to: Do your own thing (independence); and do the right thing (discipline).

Gil Blake

#18. There are no working hours for leaders.

James Gibbons

#19. You eventually come to the conclusion that there's only so much you can do with these established characters, and you start wondering who among us will be the one to create the next 'Superman' or 'Batman' or 'James Bond' or next 'Lone Ranger.'

Dave Gibbons

#20. God has created several doors which open onto truth. He opens them to all those who knock on them with the hand of faith.

Kahlil Gibran

#21. The system of morality to be gathered from the ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel.

Jonathan Swift

#22. Can I fetch you something, madam? A cup of tea?'
In the old days she'd have been 'miss' and he'd have offered her a cocktail.

Sara Sheridan

#23. 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.

James Gibbons

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

James Gibbons

#25. Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

Therese Of Lisieux

#26. Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less.

Rumi

#27. A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.

Catherine Helen Spence

#28. Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match. Some players feel that winning is everything and that losing is a disaster. Not me. I want the spectators to take home a good memory ...

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

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

James Gibbons

#30. Truth never changes; it is the same now, yesterday, and forever, in itself; but our relations towards truth may change, for that which is hidden from us today may become known to us tomorrow.

James Gibbons