Quotemeal: Jun. 23rd, 2026

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

"The reason that most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first."
— Robert J. McKain

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"If I am not [in a state of grace], God bring me there; if I am, God keep me there!"
— Joan of Arc —
"This is the true nature of home - it is the place of peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division."
— John Ruskin —
"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."
— John Owen —
"If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way..."
— William Penn —

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