Quotemeal: Oct. 2nd, 2025

Thursday, October 2, 2025

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
— William Shedd

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"Joys are our wings, sorrows our spurs."
— Jean Paul Richter —
"Christians are not men and women who are hoping for salvation, but those who have experienced it."
— M. Lloyd-Jones —
"God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them."
— C. S. Lewis —
"Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."
— Cloris Leachman —

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Illustration of William Shedd — "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

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