Teresa of Avila

"Kindness plants seeds that bear fruit in unexpected seasons."

"Strength is not the absence of vulnerability but its acceptance."

"Fear whispers that we are not enough; faith proclaims that we are."

"Power is given to those who first learn to surrender it."

"Money is a test of character, not a measure of worth."

"Health is the harmony between body, mind, and spirit."

"Adventure calls to those willing to lose themselves to find themselves."

"The imagination of today becomes the reality of tomorrow."

"The Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor at their difficulty, but at the love with which we perform them."

"Do not suppose that I am here to ask you to do anything arduous or strange, only to love."

"Accustom yourself never to be idle."

"It is not the things we do which need to be done first, but the disposition with which we do them."

"May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be."

"Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon Him in yourself."

"The important thing is not to think much, but to love much."

"Perfection consists not in mortifying the flesh by hairshirts or disciplines, but in killing our own will."

"Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing away: God never changes."

"We cannot despair if we remember that we can always begin again."

"The devil is not troubled by poverty, but by humility."

"If we should ever succeed in loving our neighbors with that unreserved love which Christ commands, what a change would come to the world."

"One of the greatest favors God can do for us is to take away our health and leave us with afflictions and infirmities."

"I die because I do not die."

"The worst thing that can happen to a soul is to lose hope."

"Do not fear to undertake the impossible with Him."

"The prayer of a troubled soul opens heaven."

"There is nothing small in the eyes of God."

"The soul that is most truly detached from self arrives at the greatest attachment to God."

"Let us be guided by love, and all will be well."

"In the midst of winter I found there was, after all, an invincible summer within me."

"Do not look with fear on the changes and chances of this life; rather look with full hope and faith."