Inspirational thoughts

“Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘Nothing’ for you.” ― St. Mother Teresa

“Are you so arrogant that you think yourself capable of sinning so badly that God’s mercy is not great enough? . . .”
― Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter

“All those wasted and squandered years when I did nothing but go around looking inside myself until I ended up alone even though I was surrounded by people. But I paid attention only to what was happenstance about them – not their true selves.”
― Sigrid Undset, Marta Oulie

“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.” St. John Chrysostom

Faith is a beam radiating from the face of God. St. John Eudes

“The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together. Men will take up arms and even sacrifice their lives for the sake of this love….when harmony prevails, the children are raised well, the household is kept in order, and neighbors, friends, and relatives praise the result. Great benefits, both of families and states, are thus produced. When it is otherwise, however, everything is thrown into confusion and turned upside-down.” St. John Chrysostom

“Saints are sinners who kept on going.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don’t know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will NOT ask, ‘How many good things have you done in your life?’ Rather he will ask, ‘How much LOVE did you put into what you did?’” – St. Mother Teresa

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”—Alfred Lord Tennyson