"The North Polar Bear is called Mr. Paws and he is so silly, you would hardly believe it."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Joy
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Time Management
"There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Hope
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Joy
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Wisdom
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity