Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 1956

Sunday, January 1, 1956

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
— Helen Keller

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— John Ruskin —
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— Henri Nouwen —
"For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience."
— Alfred Edersheim —

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Illustration of Helen Keller — "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

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