Inspirational thoughts
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
Heaven
“Our goal must be infinite, not the finite.
The infinite is our homeland.
Heaven has been waiting for us forever.” Blessed Carlo Acutis
Don’t get too comfortable
“I’ve been called a lot of things, but not ‘comfortable’!”
– John Wayne as Cord McNally
Gratitude
“We should ever be grateful for and love the vocation to which God has called us. This applies to every vocation because, after all, what a privilege it is to serve God, even in the least capacity!” Blessed Solanus Casey
Indifference
“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference.” St. Maximilian Kolbe