Quotemeal: Nov. 2nd, 2004

Tuesday, November 2, 2004

"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."
— Morris Alder

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Illustration of Morris Alder — "Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."

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