REFLECTIONS

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

CAROL BURNETT

Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy – when properly aged.

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.

BERTRAND RUSSELL

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

G.K. CHESTERTON

There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

NELSON MANDELA

Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself.

RITA MAE BROWN

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

ANNE LAMOTT

Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed.

C.S. LEWIS

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

MUHAMMAD ALI

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

PAUL TILLICH

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

BLAISE PASCAL

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.

HELEN KELLER

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

JIM ROHN

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

And no, we don’t know where it will lead.

We just know there’s something much bigger than any of us here.

STEVE JOBS

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.

BILL COPELAND

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

THOMAS A. EDISON

Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.

SOUZA