Quotemeal: Jan. 17th, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008

"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."
— Winston Churchill

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"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown —
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
— Victor Hugo —
"It is not the uniqueness of 'Christianity' as a system that we defend, but the uniqueness of Christ. ... So, because in no other person but Jesus of Nazareth..."
— John R. W. Stott —
"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 —

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Illustration of Winston Churchill — "I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."

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