Quotemeal: Jan. 3rd, 1960

Sunday, January 3, 1960

"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
— Goethe

More Quotemeal

"God is in the hypocrite's mouth, but the world is in his heart."
— Gurnall —
"Spring bursts today, For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play."
"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...."
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen —

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Illustration of Goethe — "Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."

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