Inspirational thoughts

“Sport is the bloom and glow of a perfect health.”   Ralph Waldo Emerson

“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.” Jane Austen

“You should know that as long as I live, I desire to do something in God’s service.” St. Teresa of Avila

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

“It’s not what you were, but what you are now and what you want to be, that God beholds with his merciful love.” Rumor Godden

“Culture derives from woman- for had she not taught her children to talk, the great spiritual values of the world would not have passed from generation to generation. After nourishing the substance of the body to which she gave birth, she then nourishes the child with he substance of her mind. As guardian of the values of the spirit, as protectress of the morality of the young, she preserves culture, which deals with purposes and ends, while man upholds civilization, which deals only with means.” Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

“The splendor or a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.” St. Thomas Aquinas

“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence or learning.” Fr. Faber

 

We progress by means of trial.
No-one knows himself except through trial,
or receives a crown,
except after victory,
or strives,
except against an enemy or temptations.”

St Augustine