Inspirational thoughts

“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared.” Angie Thomas

“‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“It is best to learn to silence the faculties and to cause them to be still so that God may speak.” St. John of the Cross

“In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.”  St. John of the Cross

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

• “Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” – Rocky

“Our soul is like a hot air balloon. If by chance there is a mortal sin, the soul falls to the ground. Confession is like the fire underneath the balloon enabling the soul to rise again. . . It is important to go to Confession often.” Blessed Carlos Acutis

‘Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.’  Shakespeare

“Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.” Joe Dimaggio