Quotemeal for Friday, September 8, 2017

"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."

— Author Unknown

More Quotemeal

"Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility."

— John Climacus —

"Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."

— Charles Dickens —

"If indeed there had been anything better and more profitable to the health of men than to suffer, Christ would surely have shown it by word and example."

— Thomas à Kempis —

"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are..."

— Jeremiah Burroughs —