Category: Quotes

“It is important to dream in the family. All mothers and fathers dream of their sons and daughters in the womb for nine months. They dream of how they will be. It isn’t possible to have a family without such dreams. When you lose this capacity to dream you lose the capacity to love, the capacity to love is lost. I recommend that at night when you examine your consciences, ask yourself if you dreamed of the future of your sons and daughters. Did you dream of your husband or wife? Did you dream today of your parents, your grandparents who carried forward the family to me? It is so important to dream and especially to dream in the family. Please don’t lose the ability to dream in this way. How many solutions are found to family problems if we take time to reflect, if we think of a husband or wife, and we dream about the good qualities they have. Don’t ever lose the memory of when you were boyfriend or girlfriend. That is very important.” – Pope Francis

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” – Seneca 

“There is no time like the present and no present like time. Those who take advantage of their advantage get the advantage in this world. Don’t find yourself at the end of your life saying, “What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I had realized and appreciated it sooner.” – John Mason, Let Go of Whatever Holds You Back

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” – Thomas Edison

“Realistic people with practical aims are rarely as realistic or practical in the long-run of life as the dreamers who pursue their dreams.” – Hans Selye

“Creativity has been built into every one of us; it’s part of our design. Each of us lives less of the life God intended for us when we choose not to live out the creative powers we possess.” – Ted Engstrom 

“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.” – William A. Ward

“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.” – W. Clement Stone

” If you don’t have a vision for your life, then you probably haven’t focused in on anything.” – Dr. David Burns

 “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville