Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

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"“Being his real brother, I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”"

- Michael Morpurgo

Love

"Being his real brother, I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow."

- Michael Morpurgo

Love

"Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel."

- Michael Morpurgo

Hope

"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom."

- Michael Morpurgo

Inspiration

"That’s what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don’t tell her. You have to remember always that she’s the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune."

- Michael Morpurgo

Respect

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"We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents, who have the primary responsibility for teaching their children principles. That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is."

- President M. Russell Ballard

Responsibility

"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."

- Unknown

Responsibility

"Life comes at a cost. Wouldn’t it be arrogant to die before you’ve repaid that debt?"

- Yuuji Kazami

Responsibility

"You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way."

- Junichirou Kagami

Responsibility

"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

Responsibility