Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 2004

Thursday, January 1, 2004

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
— Helen Keller

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"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""
— Francis of Sales —
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— Anselm of Canterbury —
"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"Peace is to be found in the acceptance of things we are unable to change."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Helen Keller — "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

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