Quotemeal: May. 23rd, 2003

Friday, May 23, 2003

"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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"Leadership is found in becoming the servant of all."
— Richard Foster —
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
— Blaise Pascal —
"If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?"
— Blaise Pascal —
"Satan's number one weapon is pride. God's number one defense is humility."
— Larry Burkett —

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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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