I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
Pope John Paul II

The future starts today, not tomorrow.
Pope John Paul II

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
Pope John Paul II

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
Pope John Paul II

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Pope John Paul II

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
Pope John Paul II

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
Pope John Paul II

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.
Pope John Paul II