Quotemeal for Sunday, March 13, 1949

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

— Abraham Lincoln

More Quotemeal

"Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."

— Cloris Leachman —

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."

— Victor Hugo —

"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."

— François de Sales —

"There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man..."

— Blaise Pascal —