Inspirational thoughts

I’ve spent my life trying to be better than I was, and I am a brother to all who share the same aspiration.

“It’s much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Athletic competition develops some of the noblest qualities and talents in people. They must learn the secret of their own bodies, their strengths and weaknesses, their struggles and breaking points. They must develop the capacity to concentrate and the habit of self-discipline through long hours of exercise and fatigue as they learn to take account of their own strength. They must also learn how to preserve energy for the final moment when victory will depend upon a burst of speed or a last push of strength.” St. John Paul II

“We desire to be able to welcome Jesus at Christmas-time, not in a cold manger of our heart, but in a heart full of love and humility, a heart so pure, so immaculate, so warm with love for one another.” — St. Teresa of Calcutta

“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” St. Augustine

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.” – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Hear the other side.” St. Augustine

“His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be.” – Jack London, White Fang

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” St. Augustine

“It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn’t quite the same as being weak.” – Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian