Quotemeal: Jan. 3rd, 2020

Friday, January 3, 2020

"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
— Goethe

More Quotemeal

"Sin is like quicksand: Your own efforts only make you sink deeper. Only an outside hand can pull you out."
"Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord."
"Christianity can never come to us as a bargain; it can never be had at wholesale price. We must be willing to pay the full price of surrender and trust."
"Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit."
S. D. Gordon

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Illustration of Goethe — "Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."

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