Quotemeal for Wednesday, July 15, 1959

"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."

— François de Sales

More Quotemeal

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

— Abraham Lincoln —

"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

— Edgar Watson Howe —

"It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching."

— Theodore Roosevelt —

"The Jews would not willingly tread upon the smallest piece of paper in their way, but took it up; for possibly, they say, the name of God may be on it. Though....."

— S. T. Coleridge —