You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

J.R.R. Tolkien

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.

No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.

It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Above all shadows rides the sun.

Above all shadows rides the sun.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.