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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"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity."
— Douglas MacArthur —
"The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it."
— Jerome —
"No man is ever more than four steps from God: conviction, repentance, consecration, and faith."
— Roy L. Smith —
"Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing..."
— John Keble —

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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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