Quotemeal: Aug. 14th, 2003

Thursday, August 14, 2003

"I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am."
— John Newton

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"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
— William James —
"No pleasure is comparable to standing on the vantage-ground of truth."
— Francis Bacon —
"Justice is truth in action."
— Joseph Joubert —
"It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God."
— Thomas Merton —

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Illustration of John Newton — "I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am."

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