Quotemeal for Thursday, October 23, 2008

"The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."

— Hazlitt

More Quotemeal

"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."

— Reinhold Niebuhr —

"Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise."

— Thomas à Kempis —

"Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation — speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to....."

— François Fénelon —

"Christians ought not to be smothered in fear. There is a spiritual readiness, where we return to having the peace of God stand guard over our hearts and minds....."

— Henry Blackaby —