Inspirational thoughts

“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities…” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A sign that we love truly love God is that we love Him the same in all occasions.” St. Francis de Sales

“And if the husband is kind and straightforward, why should not love last? The first phase of married love will pass, it is true, but then there will come a love that is better still. Then there will be the union of souls, they will have everything in common, there will be no secrets between them. And once they have children, the most difficult times will seem to them happy, so long as there is love and courage.” Fyodor Doestovsky

“Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God.” St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

“For by doing what God demands of us with total surrender of our innermost being, we cause the divine life to become our own inner life. Entering into ourselves, we find God in our own selves.” St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

“Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that’s the whole art and joy of words.” CS Lewis

“Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.” Leo Tolstoy

“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” – Roger Staubach 

“Tact is the act of making a point without making an enemy” Sir Isaac Newton
PLEASE do not justify being rude…kindness and tact are always the best way!

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”
Mark Twain