Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, and its own desires.

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"Everything is hard before it is easy."

- Goethe

Growth

"The glory of life comes not from the things we can command but from the things that we can reverence."

- Goethe

Faith

"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen."

- Goethe

Belief in Self

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."

- Goethe

Taking Risks

"He who does nothing for others does nothing for himself"

- Goethe

Service

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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