“The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable. ”

“Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.”

“Time is a gift, a treasure not to be put aside for the future but to be used wisely in the present.”

“The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”

“Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present. This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it”

“One writer said that the door of history turns on small hinges, and so do people’s lives. If we were to apply that maxim to our lives, we could say that we are the result of many small decisions. In effect, we are the product of our choices. We must develop the capacity to recall the past, to evaluate the present, and to look into the future in order to accomplish in our lives what the Lord would have us do.”

“When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.”