The best Quotes by Pope Johannes Paul II

The best Quotes by Pope Johannes Paul II

Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 - 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

A particular mention should be made at this point of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ as an act of public worship rendered to Christ present in the Eucharist, a feast instituted by my predecessor Urban IV in memory of the institution of this great Mystery.

Corpus Christi Day

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.

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.

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Saphira: "Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now."

Christopher Paolini in The Inheritance Cycle - Eldest

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell in 1984

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Future Past Present

No future can hold up to the things that you miss in the present.

Albert Schweitzer

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Live in the present, make the most of it, it's all you've got.

Margaret Atwood in The Handmaid's Tale

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I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and wonderful life.

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You are too concerned with what was and what will be. There's a saying: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the 'present'."

Oogway in Kung Fu Panda

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The past cannot be changed, and the future cannot be foretold. As a result, I make sure to always cherish the here and now.

Cyno in Genshin Impact

I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.

Colin Farrell

The past never stops, it reviews the present.

Siegfried Lenz

Winners don't make excuses when the other side plays the game.

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Winning Excuses

The only opponents who aren't coming up with excuses for being defeated by me are computers.

Bobby Fischer (World Chess Champion)

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Losing & Defeat Excuses Chess

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Jules Renard

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Kindness Excuses

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Motivation Excuses

In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.

Pep Guardiola

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There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.

Christopher Hitchens

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

Florence Nightingale

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

George Washington Carver

Excuses are easy to manufacture, and hard to sell.

Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me.

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Sex Violence Drugs

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton in Paradise Lost

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Dizzy: "My mother always told me that violence doesn't solve anything."
Jean Rasczak: "Really? I wonder what the city founders of Hiroshima would have to say about that."
Carmen: "They wouldn't say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed."
Jean Rasczak: "Correct. Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor. The contrary opinion, that violence doesn't solve anything, is wishful thinking at its worst. People who forget that always die."

Lt. Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers

Violence Hiroshima

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

Stieg Larsson in The Girl Who Played with Fire

The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.

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When a thing doesn't bend, it must break.

Princess Sophia in The Empress - Season 1 Episode 1

Must violence always be the solution?

Mercy in Overwatch

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov in Foundation

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

John Malkovich

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

I Corinthians - 11, 26

Corpus Christi Day

Jesus is our love, our way, our truth, no one comes to be our father except Jesus. Wishing you a very Happy Corpus Christi Day Festival.

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May you find favor, serenity, and true love as you commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus. Wishing you Happy Corpus Christi Day.

Corpus Christi Day

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."

Luke - 22, 19-20

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Corpus Christi makes clear that there's more inbetween Heaven and Earth than we thought.

Corpus Christi Day

May you and your family have a blessed Corpus Christi and Holy Communion.

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Source of all we have or know,
feed and lead us here below.
Grant that with Your saints above,
Sitting at the feast of love,
We may see You face to face.

Corpus Christi Day

Corpus Christi, a day of faith and gratitude. We follow the path of Jesus, unite in prayer, and celebrate the Eucharist. A time to strengthen our connection with God and our neighbors. Let us fully embrace this special celebration and ignite the light of love in our hearts.

Corpus Christi Day

On Corpus Christi, when the sun shines bright, people gather in solemn procession. The scent of incense fills the air and the streets are adorned with flowers. It is a day of faith and worship, where the community is united.

Corpus Christi Day

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

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