Wilfred Grenfell Quotes

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• Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.
• I have always believed that the Good Samaritan went across the road to the wounded man just because he wanted to.
• I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.
• Courage is always the surest wisdom.
• The word of God is the Christian soul's best weapon, and it is essential to have it with him always. In doubt it decides, in…
• The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself…
• Beware as you get the octopus on board. Suddenly he relaxes his grasp, and shhots out a jet of ink, which smarts considerably.
• No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not…
• The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees and…
• The knowledge of this marvelous period has made faith far easier from an intellectual standpoint, and has enabled us to be more patient in waiting…
• The best definition of faith that I know is that it is reason grown courageous. Moreover, that is all that Christ ever asked us for,…
• The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth.

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