Inspirational thoughts

Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.      

Jack London

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”- Mark Twain

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.” Charles Dickens

     Sometimes, it is ok and even a really good thing to let the tears flow freely….don’t be afraid to show your humanity!

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre)

“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.