The Secret Life of Kat

“Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already...

"I shall pass through this world but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect if, for I shall not pass this way again.”
-De Grellet

"The things that matter most should never be at the mercy of the things that matter least.” -Goethe

I love this quote; When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. -Henry David Thoreau I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of embracing conflict. In my day to day life, I seek comfort. My clothes. My house. My food. My time. My...

"Your character is the sum of your habits....you habits are the sum of your choices.”

I love this quote because it reminds me to be faithful in the little things...the little choices every day. 

I know that title doesn’t exactly make sense, but here’s what I mean… I love deep quotes and I have the beginnings of one, but I can’t seem to finish it off well, so I’m asking for your help. Here it is: “If...

If you know me, you know I love great quotes. Here are a few from Mother Teresa that I ran across recently. Amazing...and very convicting. “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. “ “If you judge people, you...

This is a bit of a digression from my normal Thoreauvian quotes… From the mouth of the Smaller Person (my two year old daughter): “Mommy, why you have big bottom? (Points at my posterier in the mirror) See? Big bottom? Why you have big...

I read this quote over at Anne’s blog. Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. ~...

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." "It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision." "It is hard to interest those who...