Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself bu…

C. S. Lewis
1624 citations
Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity
Politics
17

More Author Quotes

If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). Weight of Glory, p.38, Harper Collins
The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.
If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not. ✨ C.S.Lewis (2016). The Chronicles of Narnia Vol II: Prince Caspian, p.150, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED
Each generation exercises power over its successors: and each, in so far as it modifies the environment bequeathed to it and rebels against tradition, resists and limits the power of its predecessors … ▶
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. (Notice this means that if you are interested only in writing you will never be a writer, becau … ▶

Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1960). Mere Christianity

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes