Inspirational thoughts
Talk to Jesus anytime!
“He told us we should always pray to God- talk to Him and all- wherever we were. He told us to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car.” – The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Use of time
“Time is what we want most but what we use worst.” – William Penn
Perseverance
“You have all eternity to experience the presence of God, but you have a very short time to do something for him.” Mother Angelica
Much given…
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hope
“Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” —Anne Frank in The Diary of a Young Girl
Kindness
“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.” – Wordsworth
Sticking with it
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” —Truman Capote
Planting seeds
Loneliness
“I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others–young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald