That I may reach that happy time The kindly gods I pray, For are not ducks and pease in prime Upon the last of May?

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"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose is the next best."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Compassion

"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Self-awareness

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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