Inspirational thoughts

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” Coach Vince Lombardi

“When we place our dependence in God, we are unencumbered, and we have no worry. In fact, we may even be reckless, insofar as our part in the production is concerned. This confidence, this sureness of action, is both contagious and an aid to the perfect action. The rest is in the hands of God – and this is the same God, gentlemen, who has won all His battles up to now.” Coach Vince Lombardi

Alice von Hildebrand: A “woman by her very nature is maternal – for every woman, whether married or unmarried, is called upon to be a biological, psychological, or spiritual mother — she knows intuitively that to give, to nurture, to care for others, to suffer with and for them — for maternity implies suffering — is infinitely more valuable in God’s sight than to conquer nations and fly to the moon.”
My mom and Granny both went to daily mass and prayed the daily rosary and they had a “glow”!  So sacrificial and so loving!

“Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!” —Charles Dickens

“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.”
– President Harry S. Truman

 “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. St. Mother Teresa

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.”
Henry Ford

“A great man is always willing to be little.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Look before you leap.”

Charlotte Brontë