INSPIRING    QUOTATIONS – GEMS  OF  WISDOM

Jesus said: ‘Love one another’. He did not tell us to love the whole world.                          Mother Theresa

If a man is able to forgive, then no one can make him unhappy.                                                       John Dunne

Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed, but with what it is possible for you to do.                                                                                                             Bl.John XXIII

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back………………………….           May the sun shine warm on your face……………………………………………………………………………   The rain fall soft upon your fields……………………………………………………………………………………     And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand………………………………            Irish Blessing

Count not in Years                                                                                                                      When we start counting flowers, we cease counting weeds.                                              When start counting blessings, we cease counting needs.                                                  When we start counting laughter, we cease counting tears.                                               When we count happy memories, we cease counting years.                                                             Barbara Kunz Loots

Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life. For yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision.                                                                                                But today well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow, a vision of great hope.                                                                                                                                        Sanskrit

I can be destroyed but not defeated.                                                                                            Ernest Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea)

Youth is happy, because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty, never grows old.                                                                                                                        Frans Kafka

What seems to be God’s foolishness is wiser than man’s wisdom.  And what seems to be God’s weakness is stronger than man’s strength.                    1Cor.1:25                                                                      

When I heard the church bells ring, I thought I heard the voice of God.                        Albert Schweitzer

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother, and I found all three.                                                 William Blake

Be at peace with God – whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your aspirations in the noisy confusions of life, keep peace with your soul.

I do not believe in God, for that implies an effort of the will – I see God everywhere.                                                                                                                Jean Faure

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune, but do not distress yourself with imaginings.   Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.  Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

Go placidly among the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself to others – you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.