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Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. - 1 Timothy 4:12
Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. - Psalm 71:17
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. - Deuteronomy 6:5
I slept, and I dreamt that life was all joy. I awoke, and saw that life was but service. I served, and discovered that service was joy. - Rabindranath Tagorer
Like Jesus, we belong to the whole world, living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength. - Blessed Mother of Teresa of Calcutta
If we truly understand the Eucharist; if we make the Eucharist the central focus of our lives; if we feed our lives with the Eucharist, we will not find it difficult to discover Christ, to love Him, and to serve Him in the poor. - Blessed Mother of Teresa of Calcutta
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - St. Francis of Assisi
Kind words are the music of the world. - F. W. Faber
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. - Billy Graham
Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. - Author Unknown
Prayer is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy. - St. Therese
You shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your household, where the Lord your God has blessed you. - Deuteronomy 12:7
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. - Cicero
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. - St. Augustine of Hippo
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love. - Blessed Mother of Teresa of Calcutta
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. - Izaak Walton
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. - St. Francis of Assisi
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pray not for a lighter load, but for stronger shoulders. - St. Augustine
Let us see life as it really is…It is a moment between two eternities… - St. Therese of Lisieux
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. - St. Thomas Aquinas
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. - St. Teresa of Avila
Love Him with all your strength, think always of Him, let Him do with you, in you and for you, whatever He wills, and do not be anxious about anything else. - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Let us be who we are, and be that well, so as to honor the Master Worker, whose handiwork we are. - St. Francis DeSales
I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments. - Psalm 119:45
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. - St. Jerome
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise. - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Never be afraid to try something new; remember amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic. - Unknown