Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 1958

Wednesday, January 1, 1958

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
— Thomas Mann

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"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."
— Mother Teresa —
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— Sundar Singh —
"We see in the risen Christ the end for which man was made, and the assurance that the end is within our reach."
— Brooke Foss Wescott —
"Defend the Bible? I would just as soon defend a lion. Just turn the Bible loose. It will defend itself."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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Illustration of Thomas Mann — "Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

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

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