James A. Froude

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

— James A. Froude

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

— James A. Froude

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

— James A. Froude

Human improvement is from within outward.

— James A. Froude

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

— James A. Froude

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

— James A. Froude

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

— James A. Froude

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

— James A. Froude

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

— James A. Froude

Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them.

— James A. Froude

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

— James A. Froude

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

— James A. Froude

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

— James A. Froude

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

— James A. Froude

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

— James A. Froude

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

— James A. Froude

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

— James A. Froude

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

— James A. Froude