Quotemeal: Nov. 25th, 1959

Wednesday, November 25, 1959

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
— Henry Ward Beecher

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"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
— Martin Luther —
"God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially formed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain."
— C. S. Lewis —
"Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue."
— St. John Chrysostom —
"God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him."
— Anne Graham Lotz —

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Illustration of Henry Ward Beecher — "Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

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

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