Quotemeal: Oct. 12th, 1959

Monday, October 12, 1959

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"I exhort you, press on in your course, and exhort all men that they may be saved."
Polycarp
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"Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended on man."
"God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him."

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."

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