In difficult times, people too often lose the ability to face the future optimistically. They begin to think about their tomorrow's negatively. They forget that the tough times will pass. They concentrate on the problems of today rather than on the opportunities of tomorrow. In so doing, they not only lose the potential of today, they also throw away the beauty of tomorrow.

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

It's impossible to fail completely and it's impossible to succeed perfectly.

Faith is the courage to face reality with hope.

Jesus Christ went to the cross to magnify his ego.

Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.

Roman Catholics utter their Papal edicts, Protestants quote their Bible, Fundamentalists declare their orthodox theological dogmas, and we are all expected to renounce private reflection and peacefully acquiesce to these pronouncements. And the result is that the dignity of the person is violated by such oppressive, intelligence-smothering forms of communication.