Inspirational thoughts

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.”
– Lou Holtz (College Football Hall of Famer)

“I don’t think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don’t think about the mile I’m on right now, I don’t think about the miles I’ve already covered. I think about what I’m doing right now, just being lost in the moment.” Ryan Hall (US half marathon record holder)

“There are flowers everywhere, for those who bother to look.” Henri Matisse

“Joy is a net of love by which we catch souls.” ― St. Teresa of Calcutta

“You can’t give God deadlines.” – St. Padre Pio

“One American put it this way: ‘Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith’.” President Ike Eisenhower

“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” William Faulkner

“It is not enough to be busy…The question is: what are we busy about?” Henry David Thoreau

“The value of our Life does not depend on the place we occupy. It depends on the way We occupy that place. “    –St. Theresa of the Child Jesus