Quotemeal for Thursday, May 18, 2023

"Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction."

— Alphonsus Liguori

More Quotemeal

"Character is what you are in the dark."

— Dwight L. Moody —

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.||"

— C. S. Lewis —

"If God would concede to me His omnipotence for twenty-four hours, you would see how many changes I would make in this world. But if He gave me His wisdom, too,..."

— J.M.L. Monsabre —

"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 —