Inspirational thoughts

“Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” Charles Schulz

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” William Shakespeare

“The better part of valor is discretion” William Shakespeare

“Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.” ~ St. John Paul II

“Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them “explorers”, whose mission is to leave no stone unturned, though the temptation to doubt is always there. Leaning on God, they continue to reach out, always and everywhere, for all that is beautiful, good, and true.” ~ St. John Paul II

“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.” Jane Austen

“I am not an angel,′ I asserted; ‘and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me – for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.” Charlotte Bronte, (“Jane Eyre”)

“Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.” ~ St. John Paul II

“The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.” ~ St. John Paul II

“The distance is nothing when one has motive.” Jane Austen