“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.” T.S. Eliot
Inspirational thoughts
Praying for sinners!
“The Lord said to me, ‘The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered.’” St. Faustina
God’s mercy
“The knowledge of my own misery allows me, at the same time, to know the immensity of Your mercy.”
- St. Faustina
Carry your own weather
“You are the music while the music lasts.” T.S. Eliot
You are the music!
Tough times?
“Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel.” ~ Peter Kreeft
Motherhood
“I say with all the earnestness that I can command, that if American mothers will teach our children that there is no end to the fight for better relationships among the people of the world, we shall have peace.”
Address to the National Council of Catholic Women, Boston, Massachusetts, 11/8/54 President Ike Eisenhower
Mistakes….
“What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith, former UNC men’s college basketball coach and two-time national champion.
Faith
“Man is what he believes.” Anton Chekhov
Carpe Diem
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” John Wayne