This week is a continuation of the quotes I have saved on my phone and would like to share for reflection.
“Bringing happiness to others increases your chances of being happy while seeking happiness for yourself decreases those chances”.
Matthew Kelly
“There is no use in walking anywhere to preach if your walking isn’t your preaching”.
St. Francis of Assisi
“If you are humble, nothing will touch you. Neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are”.
St. Teresa of Calcutta
“Don’t worry about changing the world. Allow God to change you”.
Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR
“Hope is not merely a wish that something good might happen…it is the firm confidence and desire that the promises of God will be fulfilled”.
Sr. Miriam James Heidland
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts”.
Winston Churchill
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us”.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You cannot become more like Jesus Christ and at the same time stay as you are”.
Matthew Kelly
“Pray as though everything depends on God. Work as though everything depends on you”.
St. Augustine
“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer if faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service”.
St. Teresa of Calcutta
The following all have unknown Authors
“Knowing the Bible is one thing; knowing its Author is another”.
“God often uses our deepest pain as the launching pad of our greatest calling”.
“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know prayer changes us and we change things”.
“Heavenly Father, into Your hands, I place my worries, cares, and troubles. Into Your wisdom, I place my path, my direction, and my goal. Into Your love, I place my life”.
Ten Ways to Love (author unknown)
Listen without interrupting (Proverbs 18)
Speak without accusing (James 1:19)
Give without sparing (Proverbs 21:26)
Pray without ceasing (Colossians 1:9)
Answer without arguing (Proverbs 17:1)
Share without pretending (Ephesians 4:15)
Enjoy without complaint (Philippians 2:14)
Trust without wavering (Corinthians 13:7)
Forgive without punishing (Colossians 3:13)
Promise without forgetting (Proverbs 13:12)
Student asks, “Dear God, why do You allow so much violence in our schools?”
God responds, “Dear Concerned Student, I’m not allowed in schools”.
“Coffee is proof of God’s existence”.
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain”.
Feel free to email me back with your favorite quote(s).
As always, please feel free to contact me at Mark@MarkJosephMinistries.com with questions, comments, concerns, challenges, or prayer requests.
God Bless you on your Path to Peace, Joy, and Fulfillment!!!
Remember…God made you for GREATNESS!!!
Mark Joseph