Inspirational thoughts

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.” -Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”

– Martin Buber

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” Mark Twain

“Forgotten is forgiven.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” Lewis Carroll

St. Teresa of Calcutta: “My prayer for you is that when Christ comes to you in Christmas, He may find in you a warm home, warm love like that of a heart full of love, like that of a simple shepherd who was the first one chosen to see Christ.”

”Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.”

“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.” John Steinbeck