“Remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm and look forward to the future with confidence.”

— Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte (6 January 2001)

About Pope John Paul II

1920 – 2005

Polish-born pope who led the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005.

“A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.”

“Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.”

“Here, it is not so much God who rejects man, but man who rejects God.”

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.”

“Act, act in the living present!”

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”