Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 1949

Thursday, December 22, 1949

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
— Cicero —
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
— Blaise Pascal —
"Guilt is concerned with the past. Worry is concerned about the future. Contentment enjoys the present."
— Author Unknown —
"The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable."
— Michael Ramsey —

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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