Some of my much-loved quotations and bible passages:
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people. —Colossians 3:23
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. —Philippians 4:13
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. —I Peter 4:8
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the Lord, shall be praised. —Proverbs 31:30
Trust in the Lord and do good…Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. —Psalm 37:3, 4
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God; because God is love. We love because He first loved us. —I John 4:7, 8, 19
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails…and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. —I Corinthians 13:4-8, 13
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. — Hebrews 13:8
Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious. —I Peter 3:3-4
“Maybe that’s what praying is all about. Maybe it’s not just asking God to forgive us for bad things or asking Him for good things. Maybe it’s just the act of praying and feeling that there’s someone up there listening that makes us feel better and less helpless.” —Sarah Darer Littman, Confessions of a Closet Catholic
“You never really understand a person until you consider things form his point of view.. Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” —Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.” —Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith
“Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.” —Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith
“Beautiful. Everything beautiful is there. Every person beautiful is there. Everything beautiful to eat is there. Everything is love there. Heaven is love.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, love
”When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. It is the hand that evokes love, and creates a twin soul for every person in the world. Without such love, one’s dreams would have no meaning.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
”It’s not what enters men’s mouth that’s evil. It’s what comes out of their mouth that is.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
”One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“The wise men understood that this natural world is only an image and a copy of paradise. The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. That’s what I mean by action.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
”Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“…all people who are happy have God within them.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
”If a person is living out his destiny, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” —Marilyn Monroe