Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be Pirates.

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

- Mark Twain

Compassion

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

Motivation

"Synergy — the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously."

- Mark Twain

Teamwork

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

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"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."

- Beauty and the Beast

Hope

"No one is beyond redemption."

- Beauty and the Beast

Hope

"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."

- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Hope

"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."

- Cormac McCarthy

Hope

"Light tomorrow with today."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Hope