Quotemeal for Saturday, June 2, 2007

"It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms."

— C. S. Lewis

More Quotemeal

"How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?"

— John Henry Newman —

"Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself."

— Charles H. Spurgeon —

"When we travel life's roads with those we love, the point of destination is always secondary to the quality of the journey."

— Mary Prince —

"If ever I reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see..."

— John Newton —