A Quote by Alexandra Stoddard

We spend most of our lives trying to unlearn much of what we've been taught.

Alexandra Stoddard

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The men who have most fully illustrated Christ in their character and have most powerfully affected the world for Him have been men who spend so much time with God as to make it a notable feature in their lives.

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