Quotemeal for Thursday, September 17, 2020

"The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came."

— James Russell Lowell

More Quotemeal

"The mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration. A saint is not a man without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God."

— W. T. Richardson —

"Above all the grace and gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."

— Francis of Assisi —

"If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there...."

— Charles H. Spurgeon —

"Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. Many love Jesus so....."

— Thomas à Kempis —