“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.”
1847 novel Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero. William Makepeace Thackeray
Kindness
Inspirational thoughts
Ask God for wisdom
“Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Read more!
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Heaven
“Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.”
– St. Therese of Lisieux
Jesus thirsts!
“The reason for our existence is to quench the thirst of Jesus. When he asked for water, the soldier gave him vinegar to drink—but his thirst was for love, for souls, for you and me.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Treat everyone with respect
“We must never undervalue any person.—The workman loves not to have his work despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is his work.” St. Francis de Sales
Empathetic listening
“Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.” Leo Tolstoy
Perseverance
“Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
God the Father of Mercy
“The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.” CS Lewis
The end in mind…
“When you enter the world everyone rejoiced and you cried. Live your life so when you die, everyone cries and you rejoice.” Author unknown
