Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in.

Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.

Proper communication will always be a main ingredient for building family solidarity and permanence.

Striving can be more important than arriving.

There is a gift available to all of us-the gift of looking to God for direction. Here is an avenue of strength, comfort, and guidance. . . . "Look to God and live." This is the wonderful promise given so often in the scriptures. . . . Our capacity to see and comprehend is increased only in proportion to our willingness to look. God becomes more approachable as we look to him.

One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.

We often equate charity with visiting the sick, taking in casseroles to those in need, or sharing our excess with those who are less fortunate. But really, true charity is much, much more. Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. And when the virtue of charity becomes implanted in your heart, you are never the same again.