Quotemeal for Monday, August 19, 1963

"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."

— John Owen

More Quotemeal

"Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day."

— Henri Nouwen —

"When led by the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak."

— Lewis Sperry Chafer —

"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers."

— Martin Luther King, Jr. —

"If ever I reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see..."

— John Newton —