Quotemeal for Wednesday, May 10, 2006

"Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer."

— Charles H. Brent

More Quotemeal

"Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us."

— Oswald Chambers —

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's successes."

— Oscar Wilde —

"Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing."

— Ravi Zacharias —

"One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose perspective. God still does his best work..."

— Tim Hansel —