Quotemeal: Oct. 18th, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

"The statistically proven facts that married people live longer, lead healthier and happier lives, have better sex more often, and are better off financially seem to be lost on Americans. All lifestyles are equally good, the marriage critics say; there is no one way of living that is better than another. But the culture is wrong!"
— Dr. Fred Lowery

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"Above all the grace and gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."
— Francis of Assisi —
"Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way..."
— William Penn —
"The difference between perseverance and obstinancy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
— Henry Ward Beecher —

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Illustration of Dr. Fred Lowery — "The statistically proven facts that married people live longer, lead healthier and happier lives, have better sex more often, and are better off financially seem to be lost on Americans. All lifestyles are equally good, the marriage critics say; there is no one way of living that is better than another. But the culture is wrong!"

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