Quotemeal: May. 23rd, 1955

Monday, May 23, 1955

"To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right."
— Lesslie Newbigin

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"Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius."
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"Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I may get my heart full of my Lord Jesus."
"Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes..."
John Owen

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Illustration of Lesslie Newbigin — "To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.