June 2003 Quotations
June 1
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage accordingly.
-Corra May White Harris
June 2
No one heals by wounding another.
-St. Ambrose
June 3
Some people keep silent because they have nothing to say, while others keep silent because they know when to speak.
-Sirach 20:6
June 4
Help me to remember what is really important:
that I am your child
You are my Father
You love me for who I am and how I live;
Not what I look like or what I own.
Let me praise you who sees into my heart,
who is always with me
and who eases my suffering.
-Author Unknown
June 5
There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.
-Chinese Proverb
June 6
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those I love, I can: All of them can make me laugh.
-W.H. Auden
June 7
If you judge someone, you have no time to love them.
-Mother Teresa
June 8
Hold fast to whatever fragments of love are left, for sometimes a mosaic is more beautiful than an unbroken pattern.
-Dawn Powell
June 9
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.
-Sirach 6:14
June 10
Christ commends chastity to you for the few days in which you live in the world in order that He may make you like the angels in Heaven.
-St. Caesarius of Arles
June 11
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
-Bernard Malamud
June 12
Lord, increase my sufferings and with them increase your love in my heart.
-St. Rose de Lima
June 13
Rosary meditation teaches us that the basic elements of the spiritual life are joy, sorrow, and glory. The careful combination of these three makes eternal life possible.
-Liz Kelly
June 14
Even when you can't believe, even if you don't believe at all, even if you shy away at the sound of his name, be Christ.
-Frederick Buechner
June 15
Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you be done in love.
-1 Cor 16:13
June 16
Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase.
-St. Rose of Lima
June 17
We shouldn't ever keep God's love to ourselves. It gives. It suffers with. It must be demonstrated.
-Kathy Troccoli
June 18
How did I get so lucky to have my heart awakened to others and their suffering?
-Pema Chodron
June 19
Truth is not only violated by falsehood. It may be equally outraged by silence.
-Henri Frederic Amiel
June 20
Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcame. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose.
-Ashley Hodgeson
June 21
My friend is one...who takes me for what I am.
-Henry David Thoreau
June 22
Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
-Mary Tyler Moore
June 23
There must be emptying before than can be any true filling.
-Frances Ridley Havergal
June 24
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
-Psalm 73:25-26
June 25
Be careful with words, they're dangerous. Be wary of them. They beget either demons or angels.
-Elise Wiesel
June 26
Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds God.
-St. Padre Pio
June 27
The important thing is not to think much but to love much. So do that which bestirs you to love.
-St. Teresa of Avila
June 28
God is present at the point where the eyes of those who give and those who receive meet.
-Simone Weil
June 29
Happy are those who sing with all their hearts, to find joy in the sky, the trees, the flowers.
-Henri Matisse
June 30
Happily is the kingdom of God compared to summer because then the clouds of sadness will pass away and the days of our life shall be resplendent in the glory of the eternal sun.
-St Gregory the Great
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Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and, trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for your will come back and take you with me so that you may be where I am going.
(John 14:1-3)
