Quotemeal: Oct. 2nd, 1957

Wednesday, October 2, 1957

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
— William Shedd

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"By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything."
— Samuel Johnson —
"We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."
— Blaise Pascal —
"No one is safe by his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God."
— St. Cyprian —

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Illustration of William Shedd — "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

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