Quotemeal: Dec. 31st, 1947

Wednesday, December 31, 1947

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Hope is patiently waiting expectantly for the intangible to become reality."
— Avery D. Miller —
"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."
— Winston Churchill —
"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning —
"Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always."
— J. I. Packer —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

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