Quotemeal: Sep. 3rd, 2020

Thursday, September 3, 2020

"Some people work to give their kids a car so they can get away. I'd rather work to give my kids a home that they'd like to stick around so their friends have a place to hang out with their new cars."
— Rich Melheim

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"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"We should dedicate ourselves to becoming in this life the most perfect worshippers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity."
— Brother Lawrence —
"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."
— Gordon McDonald —
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
— C. S. Lewis —

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Illustration of Rich Melheim — "Some people work to give their kids a car so they can get away. I'd rather work to give my kids a home that they'd like to stick around so their friends have a place to hang out with their new cars."

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