Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 2008

Friday, August 8, 2008

"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus

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— John Climacus —
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— Alexander Solzhenitsyn —
"Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth."
— Lysa Terkeurst —
"Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that."
— Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire —

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Illustration of Epictetus — "If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Friday, August 8, 2008

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