Inspirational thoughts

“You take a crash, you get back up, and next time you succeed and that’s a great feeling.” – Shaun White, American snowboarder and two-time gold medalist

“God is more willing to pardon than we have been to sin.” St. Catherine of Sienna

“We are all bound to work in the vineyard where God is the husbandman. We have all been given our little vineyard, but the way in which we cultivate it is of great importance for the prosperity of our neighbour’s vineyard… In fact all our vineyards are a part of the Lord’s great vineyard, the Holy Church, and we are all bound to work here too.”  Sigrid Undset

 

“Faith is being willing to take the next step, even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” St. John Henry Newman

“Wherever they might wander out in the world, whithersoever they might fare, forgetful of their mother, she felt as though for her their life must still be an action of her life, they must still be as one with herself as they had been when she alone in all the world knew of the new life which lay hidden within and drank of her blood and made her cheeks pale.” Sigrid Undset

“And I see you still don’t realize, no matter how many times you’ve witnessed it, that you can’t always manage alone everything that you’ve taken on. But I will help you to undertake this burden.” Sigrid Undset

“God will find you,” said the priest quietly. “Stay calm and do not flee from Him who has been seeking you before you even existed in your mother’s womb.” Sigrid Undset

• “Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.” –John Madden

“It is an easy matter, Olav, to be a good Christian so long as God asks no more of you than to hear sweet singing in church, and to yield Him obedience while He caresses you with the hand of a father. But a man’s faith is put to the test on the day God’s will is not his.” Sigrid Undset