Quotemeal: Jun. 10th, 2011

Friday, June 10, 2011

"There are... few stronger indications of ignorance of the power and evil of sin than the confident assertion of our ability to resist and subdue it."
— Charles Hedge

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"Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being."
— G. K. Chesterton —
"No pleasure is comparable to standing on the vantage-ground of truth."
— Francis Bacon —
"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
— François de Sales —
"God does not waste suffering; if he ploughs it is because He purposes a crop."
— J.O.Sanders —

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Illustration of Charles Hedge — "There are... few stronger indications of ignorance of the power and evil of sin than the confident assertion of our ability to resist and subdue it."

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

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