Quotemeal: Oct. 23rd, 2004

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Blessed Christmas!

Our prayer is that the presence of Jesus be with you and fill you with hope, peace, and love!

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"The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."
— Hazlitt

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"We should dedicate ourselves to becoming in this life the most perfect worshippers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity."
"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."
"Small numbers make no difference to God. There is nothing small if God is in it."
"The difference between perseverance and obstinancy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."

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Illustration of Hazlitt — "The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."

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