When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
—Willie Nelson

The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor." They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor."
—Henri Nouwen

To be “fishers of men” is the church’s deepest mission and joy.
—Bishop Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
—Samuel Smiles

I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
—Hildegard of Bingen

The Body of Christ was never meant to be lived alone.
—Matthew West, Christian musician       

The first lesson from Cana is: “Aid yourself, and Heaven will aid you.”
—Bishop Fulton Sheen

It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.
—Jackie Joyner-Kersee

To have courage for whatever comes in life—everything lies in that.
 —Saint Teresa of Ávila

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. 
—George Bernard Shaw

It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.
—Peter Buffett

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. 
—George Carlin

Now my belly is as noble as my heart.
—Gabriela Mistral

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.
—Mother Teresa

The cross is the school of love.
—Saint Maximilian Kolbe

History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own. 
—Michelle Obama