Quotemeal: Sep. 8th, 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown

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"Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit."
— Rossetti —
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."
— Henry David Thoreau —
"Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?"
— Richard Baxter —

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Illustration of Author Unknown — "A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."

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