Quotemeal: Apr. 9th, 1947

Wednesday, April 9, 1947

"However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will — unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself — not one step will you advance on the road to perfection."
— John of the Cross

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— D.L. Moody —
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— Winston Churchill —
"When we travel life's roads with those we love, the point of destination is always secondary to the quality of the journey."
— Mary Prince —
"The vine dresser is never nearer the vine than when He is pruning it."
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Illustration of John of the Cross — "However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will — unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself — not one step will you advance on the road to perfection."

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