Mary Catherine

“Jesus does not need books or learned doctors to instruct souls. He who is the doctor of doctors teaches without any need of words. … I have never heard him speak, but I feel that he is in me, that at every moment he is guiding me, inspiring me with what I should say or do. Just when I need it, I discover lights that I had not seen before. It is not usually during my prayer that they are most abundant, but rather amidst my daily occupations.23 I find this passage tremendously significant. That is often the way things happen in our lives. Apparently nothing in particular happens during the actual time of prayer, but because we have been faithful to it, God instructs us in secret, he places things in us without our being aware of it. And when we need to give someone advice or have to make a decision, we receive a light there and then.”
― Jacques Philippe, The Way of Trust and Love: A Retreat Guided by St. Therese of Lisieux

“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.”
― Norman Vincent Peale, Norman Vincent Peale: The Inspirational Writings

“Not with the Cross of the Savior behind you, but with your own cross behind the Savior.”
― Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope

“Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.”
― Mary Kay Ash