“God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome.”
Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) British missionary
Source: My Utmost for His Highest: Traditional Updated Edition
“There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome — to be got over.”
Allerdings ist das Leben nicht eigentlich da, um genossen, sondern um überstanden, abgethan zu werden...
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
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