Inspirational thoughts

“Don’t spend your energies on things that generate worry, anxiety and anguish. Only one this is necessary: Lift up your spirit and love God.” –Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

“The saints did not all begin well, but they ended well.” St. John Vianney

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“Leave it all to God and leave your interests in His hands. He knows what is fitting for us…” St. Teresa of Avila

“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” St. Augustine

“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of the goal.” Vince Lombardi

“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”

—St. Teresa of Avila

“If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.” St. Teresa of Avila