“What you are is God's gift to you; what you become is your gift to God.”
"Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with Easter, a way out becomes visible for human sorrows, an absolute future: more than a hope, a divine expectation."
- Hans urs von Balthasar
Hope
"It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it."
- Hans urs von Balthasar
Faith
"What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God."
- Hans urs von Balthasar
Contribution
"What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God."
- Hans urs von Balthasar
Religion
"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Personal Growth
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
- Paulo Coelho
Personal Growth
"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."
- Clayton M. Christensen
Personal Growth
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
- Arianna Huffington
Personal Growth
"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."
- Mark Twain
Personal Growth