The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould
Oswald ChambersAbout author
- Author's profession: Theologian
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: July 24, 1874
- Died: November 15, 1917
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