Inspirational thoughts

“When people are waiting, they are bad judges of time, and every half minute seems like five.” Jane Austen

“Knowing by experience St. Joseph’s astonishing influence with God, I would wish to persuade everyone to honor him with particular devotion. I have always seen those who honored him in a special manner make progress in virtue, for this heavenly protector favors in a striking manner the spiritual advancement of souls who commend themselves to him.” St. Teresa of Avila

“I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that ‘all that I am,’ I have received from God. So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.” St. Patrick

 “You can’t ever tell what’s going to hurt people.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.” St. Ignatius of Antioch

“Faith is like a bright ray of sunlight. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.” St. Francis de Sales

“A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.”
—Eeyore

“Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act,—act in the living Present!”

‒ H. W. Longfellow, ‘A Psalm Of Life’.

“We cannot give what we have not got.” St. Mother Teresa

“In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved.” – Mike Krzyzewski, former coach of Duke basketball