1. “The future starts today, not tomorrow.”

— Pope John Paul II

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2. “I plead with you – never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”

— Pope John Paul II

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3. “Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.”

— Pope John Paul II

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4. “Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

— Pope John Paul II

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5. “Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.”

— Pope John Paul II

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6. “Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.”

— Pope John Paul II

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7. “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ.”

— Pope John Paul II

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8. “The Family that prays together, stays together.”

— Pope John Paul II

9. “We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.”

— Pope John Paul II

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10. “Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which it soars to the truth.”

— Pope John Paul II

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11. “There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.”

— Pope John Paul II

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12. “Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”

— Pope John Paul II

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13. “Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.”

— Pope John Paul II

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14. “If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.”

— Pope John Paul II

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15. “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”

— Pope John Paul II

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16. “The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.”

— Pope John Paul II

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17. “Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.”

— Pope John Paul II

18. “There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity .”

— Pope John Paul II

19. “It’s better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart.”

— Pope John Paul II

20. “Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.”

— Pope John Paul II

21. “The worst prison would be a closed heart.”

— Pope John Paul II

22. “Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.”

— Pope John Paul II

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23. “To reach peace, teach peace.”

— Pope John Paul II

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24. “We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other’s dignity, rights and responsibilities makes the world a better place to live.”

— Pope John Paul II

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25. “The only way to peace is forgiveness.”

— Pope John Paul II

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26. “In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.”

— Pope John Paul II

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27. “From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!”

— Pope John Paul II

28. “Have no fear of moving into the unknown.”

— Pope John Paul II

29. “Confession is an act of honesty and courage – an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.”

— Pope John Paul II

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30. “Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.”

— Pope John Paul II

31. “Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it.”

— Pope John Paul II

32. “We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.”

— Pope John Paul II

33. “Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.”

— Pope John Paul II

34. “The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.”

— Pope John Paul II

35. “It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.”

— Pope John Paul II

36. “Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.”

— Pope John Paul II

37. “Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.”

— Pope John Paul II

38. “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth- in a word, to know himself- so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.”

— Pope John Paul II

39. “Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.”

— Pope John Paul II

40. “The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.”

— Pope John Paul II

41. “Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.”

— Pope John Paul II

42. “A nation that kills its own children has no future.”

— Pope John Paul II

43. “Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.”

— Pope John Paul II

44. “The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.”

— Pope John Paul II

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45. “A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.”

— Pope John Paul II

46. “The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”

— Pope John Paul II

47. “The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God.”

— Pope John Paul II

48. “To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.”

— Pope John Paul II

49. “May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.”

— Pope John Paul II

50. “Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.”

— Pope John Paul II