Quotemeal for Thursday, May 21, 2009

"God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars."

— Elbert Hubbard

More Quotemeal

"Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God."

— Bonaventure —

"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."

— Morris Alder —

"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work...."

— Teresa of Avila —

"The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you."

— Robert Louis Stevenson —