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  • #1
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “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.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #2
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #3
    Ray Bradbury
    “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
    Ray Bradbury

  • #4
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • #5
    Ray Bradbury
    “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.”
    Ray Bradbury

  • #6
    Randy Pausch
    “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #7
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

  • #8
    Randy Pausch
    “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #9
    Randy Pausch
    “Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #10
    Randy Pausch
    “No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #11
    Randy Pausch
    “It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #12
    Randy Pausch
    “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. ”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #13
    Randy Pausch
    “If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.”
    Randy Pausch
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  • #14
    Randy Pausch
    “It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #15
    Randy Pausch
    “A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #16
    Randy Pausch
    “Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #17
    Randy Pausch
    “When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.”
    Randy Pausch

  • #18
    Randy Pausch
    “A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.”
    Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

  • #19
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again



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