Quotemeal: May. 30th, 1954

Sunday, May 30, 1954

"We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided."
— Phillips Brooks

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"Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil — it seizes up."
"The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return."
Sundar Singh
"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
"Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing..."
John Keble

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Illustration of Phillips Brooks — "We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided."

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