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  1. Men will respect women when as boys they see their dads respecting their moms. Dads, you've a large part of responsibility in this matter.
  2. When we're successful,instead of glorifying God 4the talents He gave us, we have tendency 2 glorify ourselves. We're blind by our own light.
  3. Parents, if a child commited suicide because our children had bullied him/her at school, we have blood on our hands.
  4. Problems arise when people want the glory, authority & prestige of a title, but not the hard work and sacrifice that come with such title.
  5. Children education is not limited to academic topics. Honesty, taking responsibilities for their own acts and respect ... are as important.
  6. Priest's homily: "We are building larger and larger houses for smaller and smaller families".
  7. Sometimes, one is unhappy because one chooses to be unhappy. A trip to a third world country could be a good therapy for such "unhappiness".
  8. Power and authority without humility lead to destruction.
  9. There are no such things as rights without duties. They go together.
  10. It's not bcoz many people steal, that it makes stealing right. It's not bcoz the majority is pro-abortion, that it makes abortion right.
  11. How much of the talents that God gave me is used to glorify myself ? How much of that is left to glorify God ?
  12. Physical beauty is a gift from God. Use it wisely. It can cause oneself to sin and can cause others to sin as well. One will be accountable.
  13. When one wastes so much water and other natural resources, why does one complain about running out of them ?
  14. It's not because it's cheap or affordable that it's good to give to children.
  15. "There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death." - Proverbs 14:12 (DRB)
  16. "This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin." - St. Thomas Aquinas (1227-1274)
  17. “One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated” - St Thomas More
  18. “Clay has to be molded, and that is done primarily in the family, which is more sacred than the state.” - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen