Quotemeal: May. 23rd, 1959

Saturday, May 23, 1959

"To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right."
— Lesslie Newbigin

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"By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
— Thomas Jefferson —
"Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us."
— Oswald Chambers —
"If I didn't have spiritual faith, I would be a pessimist. But I'm an optimist. I've read the last page in the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right."
— Billy Graham —

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Illustration of Lesslie Newbigin — "To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right."

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