Inspirational thoughts

“Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness.” G.K. Chesterton

“In everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure… all human vows, laws and contracts are so many ways of surviving with success this breaking point, this instant of potential surrender.” G.K. Chesterton

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain

“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” Anne Frank
    Don’t be afraid to let God work through you…it might be costly, but it will bring deep fulfillment and peace, and many fruits….

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” – Socrates

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller
    Discipline and strong habits of virtue, especially in the midst of adverse circumstances, build character and a firm resolve to do whatever God may want with you.  

“No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.”— Helen Keller
    Selfless people who give with a smile, even though they have their own burdens and troubles, are truly bright lights that warm many, many hearts.

 

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson    Realize your potential and don’t slow God down…live for him and him alone, not worrying about the lives of others, and he will flood your soul with inner peace.  

“If I did not simply live from one moment to the next, it would be impossible for me to keep my patience. I can see only the present, I forget the past and I take good care not to think about the future. We get discouraged and feel despair because we brood about the past and the future. It is such folly to pass one’s time fretting, instead of resting quietly on the heart of Jesus.” St. Therese of Lisieux