Quotemeal: Dec. 3rd, 1957

Tuesday, December 3, 1957

"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

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"Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
"Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago."
— John Wesley —
"The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him."
— William McGill —

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Illustration of Cloris Leachman — "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."

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'Lord over Hopeless Causes'
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