Quotemeal: Jan. 7th, 1960

Thursday, January 7, 1960

"Believing in the future takes faith. ... We cannot function effectively without a belief in that which does not exist. ... You believe in tomorrow; you believe in progress."
— Erwin Raphael McManus

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Illustration of Erwin Raphael McManus — "Believing in the future takes faith. ... We cannot function effectively without a belief in that which does not exist. ... You believe in tomorrow; you believe in progress."

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