"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer." -- Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
G.K. Chesterton: -- *Orthodoxy*
"The pleasure of the great artist is that he paints well what he paints badly. The pleasure of the great Christian is that he does well what he does badly. The perfect man is not the man who never makes a mistake; it is the man who can turn his mistakes into merits. I am quite sure that the best way to advance in the spiritual life is to be always beginning again."
Charles Spurgeon: -- *Morning and Evening*
"The path of the Christian is not always smooth. There are trials and difficulties to be encountered. But the Lord has promised to be with His people in their trials, to support them under their burdens, and to deliver them in due season. Have confidence in God; He will not fail you nor forsake you. The waves may roll high, but the Lord sits above the waterfloods. He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able to bear."
Irenaeus of Lyons: -- *Against Heresies*, Book IV, Chapter 20
"The glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God. For if the manifestation of God which is made by means of the creation affords life to all living in the earth, much more does that revelation of the Father which comes through the Word give life to those who see God."
John Owen: -- *The Mortification of Sin*
"Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you. He that stands at a stay in this business, he that contentedly lies at a stay in this business, shall quickly find his lusts are as strong, if not stronger, than they were before. Sin will not die unless constantly weakened."
What would you do today if the approval of men mattered less to you than the gaze of God?
Epictetus: -- *Enchiridion*, Chapter 1
"Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions. If you think that only what is yours is yours, and that what is not your own is not your own, then no one will ever compel you, no one will hinder you, you will blame no one, you will not accuse anyone, you will not do a single thing reluctantly, no one will harm you, you will have no enemies, and no one will injure you."
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