Inspirational thoughts

“Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.” St. Cardinal Newman

“The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.”
— Fr. Benedict Groeschel

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.” Vince Lombardi

“Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and women. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.” Thornton Wilder

“Your attitude determines your altitude in life.” Jack Nicklaus

“I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.” John Wayne

“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”  (Helen Keller)

“Life is like a game of chess. To win you need to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with insight and knowledge and by learning the lessons that are accumulated along the way. We become each and every piece within the game called LIFE”
– Alan Rufus