The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.

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"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

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"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

- Joshua J. Marine

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"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."

- Epicurus

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"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"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

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