It is fortunate to be favored with praise and popularity. It is dire luck to be dependent on the feelings of your fellow man.

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"Go you must. No guest shall stay in one place for ever. Love will be lost if you sit too long at a friend’s fire."

- The Havamal

Relationships

"Never walk away from home ahead of your axe and sword. You can’t feel a battle in your bones or foresee a fight."

- The Havamal

Courage

"The unwise man is awake all night worries over and again. When morning rises he is restless still, his burden as before."

- The Havamal

Adversity

"Be your friend’s true friend. Return gift for gift. Repay laughter with laughter again but betrayal with treachery."

- The Havamal

Connection to Earth

"Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battle’s won in bed."

- The Havamal

Ambition

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

Awareness