Quotemeal for Friday, February 18, 2005

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions."

— Thomas Jefferson

More Quotemeal

"Sin is like quicksand: Your own efforts only make you sink deeper. Only an outside hand can pull you out."

— Author Unknown —

"If it were not for hope, the heart would break."

— Thomas Fuller —

"Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."

— Larry Crabb —

"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your....."

— Phillips Brooks —