Inspirational thoughts

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”—Michelangelo
This is what the Holy Spirit is trying to do with each one of us…are you allowing him to chisel freely?

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” —Oscar Wilde

“The Most Important Person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honour of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral—a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body….The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in God’s creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation….What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this; to be a mother?”József Cardinal Mindszenty

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” Coach Vince Lombardi

“When we place our dependence in God, we are unencumbered, and we have no worry. In fact, we may even be reckless, insofar as our part in the production is concerned. This confidence, this sureness of action, is both contagious and an aid to the perfect action. The rest is in the hands of God – and this is the same God, gentlemen, who has won all His battles up to now.” Coach Vince Lombardi

Alice von Hildebrand: A “woman by her very nature is maternal – for every woman, whether married or unmarried, is called upon to be a biological, psychological, or spiritual mother — she knows intuitively that to give, to nurture, to care for others, to suffer with and for them — for maternity implies suffering — is infinitely more valuable in God’s sight than to conquer nations and fly to the moon.”
My mom and Granny both went to daily mass and prayed the daily rosary and they had a “glow”!  So sacrificial and so loving!

“Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!” —Charles Dickens

“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.”
– President Harry S. Truman

 “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. St. Mother Teresa

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson