Quotes & Thoughts

In his name the nations will put their hope. – Matthew 12:21

Mantra

I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire or any kind of disturbance — instead, seeing the true nature of things, I will give them only their due.  (I have the power within me to keep that out. I can see the truth)

Salvation

Returning to a state of perfection with the almighty and absolution from sin forever.

Faith
Faith isn’t the goal, Faith is the process, it takes time and dedication.

“Your life is not an audition for the afterlife.”

Euthymia
Believing in yourself and trusting that you are on the right path, and not being in doubt by following the myriad footpaths of those wandering in every direction.

The Will to Meaning
Man is pushed by drives and pulled by values. These values and inner awareness prevent us from being puppets.

What can I give back to God for the blessings he’s poured out on me? I’ll lift high the cup of salvation. A toast to God! I’ll pray in the name of God; I’ll complete what I promised God I’d do, and I’ll do it together with his people. – U2

God, I trust you with all of my heart. Wherever you want me to go, I will go. Even if it’s not where I planned. Lead me & I will follow.

God let me accept things I can’t change, courage to change things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

Always pray to have eyes that see the best, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith.

Honour your father and mother… so you may prosper and be a long time on the earth – Ephesians 6:2-3

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. -Rom 12:2.

For I am with you, & no one is going to attack & harm you, because I have many people in this city. -Acts 18:10

People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

Never blame someone else. Good people give you happiness, bad people give you experience. The worst give you lessons, the best give you memories.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. – Muhammad Ali

If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. – 1 John 1:8

Because LOVE is the key to everything, the engine of the world. LOVE is the secret energy behind every note I sing. And never forget that there’s no such thing as happenstance. That’s an illusion lawless and arrogant men invented so that they could sacrifice the truth of our world to the laws of reason. – Andrea Bocelli

The peace of Jesus is a gift. We cannot obtain it through human means. The peace of Jesus is something else: the peace of Jesus teaches us to endure. To endure is to carry life on our shoulders, our difficulties, our work, everything, and to have the courage to go forward. – Pope Françis

When you walk in love, you give up your right to be right.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win. – Sylvester Stallone

If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will. – Mother Teresa

The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have. That’s what’s going to define you. – Denzel Washington

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. – ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:15-16

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. – ACTS 13:38-39

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. – Romans‬ ‭8:28‬

Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence. – Proverb‬

In life, nothing worth having comes easy.‬

And the God of all grace, Who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 1 Peter 5:10

I wait patiently for God to save me; I depend on him alone. He alone protects and saves me; he is my defender, and I shall never be defeated. – Psalm 62:1-12