G.K. Chesterton Quotes
5 quotes
G.K. Chesterton
English writer, philosopher, and lay theologian, renowned for humor and insight
5 Quotes
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.
— All Things Considered, On Running After One’s Hat
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
— G.K. Chesterton's Autobiography, Chapter VIII
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
— A Short History of England, Chapter IX
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
— What's Wrong with the World, Part I, Chapter V
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
— Illustrated London News, January 14, 1911