Inspirational thoughts

“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.” William Shakespeare

“He smiled understandingly–much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor Frankl

“I attribute my success to this: I never took nor gave any excuses.” – Florence Nightingale

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” Charles Dickens

“True charity consists in bearing all our neighbour’s defects – not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.” St. Therese of Lisieux

“Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.”  Pope St. Paul VI

“Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.” St. Francis de Sales

“God never deserts a man, unless He is deserted by that man first. For even if a man shall have committed grievous sins once, twice, and a third time, God still looks for him, “so that he may be converted and live.” St. Caesarius of Arles
Are you embarrassed about your college days?  Do you have some major bumps in your adult life?  Have you turned away from God?  Just look at St. Augustine (licentious lifestyle until 33), St. Mary Magdalene (former prostitute), St. Francis Xavier (party animal in college), and so many others.  You too can be a Saint!!  Trust in God’s infinite mercy, go to Confession, and don’t waste precious time and energy wallowing in the past!!

“In the faces of men and women I see God.” Walt Whitman