Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 1948

Sunday, August 8, 1948

"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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"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 —
"Faith, mighty faith the promise sees|And rests on that alone:|Laughs at impossibilities,|And says it shall be done."
— Charles Wesley —
"Sometimes God has to put us flat on our back before we are looking up to Him."
— Jack Graham —
"The Bible shows how the world progresses. It begins with a garden, but ends with a Holy City."
— Phillips Brooks —

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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."

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