Quotemeal: Dec. 31st, 1959

Thursday, December 31, 1959

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

More Quotemeal

"I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey."
— C. S. Lewis —
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"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."
— Victor Hugo —
"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
— Holmes —

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Illustration of Ralph Waldo Emerson — "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

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