Lord, you give strength to me when I am weary and lack might. You increase Your power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, Yet by waiting on You I will gain new strength; I will mount up with wings like eagles, I will run and not get tired, I will walk and not become weary.
(Isaiah 10:29-31)
Jan 2
"Lord, You have commanded me, be strong and courageous! Help me not to tremble or be dismayed. For your Lord God are with me wherever I go."
(Joshua 1:9)
Jan 3
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we were never the same.
(Flavia Weedn)
Jan 4
Let us deceive ourselves. If we have not got humility, we have nothing.
(St. Vincent de Paul)
Jan 5
There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to Glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another.
(Anatole France)
Jan 6
Don't be afraid that your life will END; be afraid that it will never begin.
(Grace Hansen)
Jan 7
Life is short and it is up to you to make it sweet.
(Sadie Delany)
Jan 8
For God says, "When are dry, empty, sick or weak, at such a time it is your prayer most pleasing to me, even though you may find little enough to enjoy in it.
(Julian of Norwich)
Jan 9
Speak, therefore with God about your daily experiences. They need not be great or important. Speak about the little things which make up your daily life. Tell God when you are happy. Let God share your joy.
(Ole Hallesby)
Jan 10
How far you go in life depends on being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong because someday in life you will need to be all of these.
(George Washington Carver)
Jan 11
A little girl without freckles is like a night sky without stars.
(Unknown)
Jan 12
I believe in the sun,
Even when it's not shining.
I believe in love
Even when I feel it not.
I believe in God
Even when he is silent.
(Found on a wall in a W.W.II Camp)
Jan 13
To plant a garden it to believe in tomorrow.
(Author Unknown)
Jan 14
The purest suffering produces the greatest understanding.
(St. John of the Cross)
Jan 15
The more we know ourselves, the more humble we will be. Humility is walking in truth.
(St. Teresa of Avila)
Jan 16
Believe that He loves you, that he wants to help you in the struggles you have to undergo.
(St. Elizabeth of Trinity)
Jan 17
To work or to suffer is all one to heart that loves. Let us, then, let the future to the loving Providence of this Divine Heart which only asks of us fidelity to the present moment.
(St. Margaret Mary)
Jan 18
Love Him with all your strength, think of Him, let Him do with you, in you, and for you whatever He wills, and do not be anxious about anything.
(St. Margaret Mary)
Jan 19
Because He Himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
(Heb 2:18)
Jan 20
He does not ask much from us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration.
(Lawrence of the Resurrection)
Jan 21
Nothing seems impossible to those who love.
(St. Teresa of Avila)
Jan 22
There is no such thing as can't, only won't.
(Jan Ashford)
Jan 23
If the future seems overwhelming, remember it comes one moment at a time.
(Beth Mendy Conny)
Jan 24
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
(Mother Teresa)
Jan 25
There are no shortcuts worth going anywhere.
(Beverly Sills)
Jan 26
Don't let your life pass you by.
(Sarah McLachlan)
Jan 27
He never tires of giving. Let us never tire of receiving.
(St. Teresa of Avila)
Jan 28
If we were to approach the most Blessed Sacrament with great faith and love, once would be enough to make us rich.
(St. Teresa of Avila)
Jan 29
For God did give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord...but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.
(2 Timothy 1-7,8 NAB)
Jan 30
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
(William Arthur Ward)
Jan 31
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
January Quotations