Inspirational thoughts

“It is not violence that best overcomes hate — nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.” Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre)

“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.” Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre)

“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” Leo Tolstoy

“Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.” Leo Tolstoy

“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