Reach out to people as they are, not as you want them to be.
-Mary Jo Copeland
October 2
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
-Anne Frank
October 3
Unless a grain of wheat falls onto the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
-John 12:24
October 4
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
-Kimberly Johnson
October 5
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
-St. Jerome
October 6
Be an angel to someone else whenever you can.
-The Angel's Little Instruction Book
October 7
It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
-St. John Vianney
October 8
Friends are the pillars on your porch.
Sometimes they hold you up,
Sometimes they lean on you,
and sometimes it's just enough to know they are standing by.
-Unknown
October 9
A gentle hand may lead an elephant with a single hair.
-Persian Proverb
October 10
The Lord has the power to enrich souls through many paths.
-St. Teresa of Avila
October 11
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.
-Simone Signoret
October 12
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.
-Albert Schweitzer
October 13
Remember, we all stumble, everyone one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
-Emily Kimbrough
October 14
From small beginnings come great things.
-Proverb
October 15
A homemade friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
-Austin O'Malley
October 16
Preach the gospel at all times; and if necessary, use words.
-St. Francis of Assisi
October 17
Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.
-Ramona C. Carroll
October 18
Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvest Golden Delicious.
-Bill Meyer
October 19
Our Lord does not come from heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.
-St. Therese of Lisieux
October 20
Just as a mother holds her child's face in her hands to cover it with kisses, so does God hold (us).
-St. John Vianney
October 21
Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
-Yiddish Proverb
October 22
We shall never completely know ourselves if we don't strive to know God.
-St. Teresa of Avila
October 23
When you receive a letter from a friend...you should not delay to embrace it as a friend. For it is a fine consolation among the absent that if one who is loved is not present, a letter may be embraced instead.
-St. Isidore of Seville.
October 24
Just as the surest cure for lying is to unsay a falsehood as soon as we are conscious of having told it, so the best cure for anger is to make immediate reparation in meekness; for, as the proverb says, fresh wounds are always the easiest to heal.
-St. Francis de Sales
October 25
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
-Anthony J. D'Angelo
October 26
It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
-St. Therese of Lisieux
October 27
When we do something we dislike, let us say to God, "My God, I offer You this in honor of the moment when You died for me."
-St. John Vianney
October 28
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
-Franklin P. Jones
October 29
My souls is quiet and waits for God alone.
He is the One who saves me.
He alone is my rock
and the One who saves me.
He is my strong place.
I will not be shaken.
-Psalm 62-1-2
October 30
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
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.
