Sam: It's like in the great stories Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand, I know now folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.

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........................Girls are like...............................
................apples on trees. The best.......................
.............ones are at the top of the tree....................
...........The boys don't want to reach for...................
.........the good ones because they are afraid..............
........of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they.............
........just get the rotten apples from the ground...........
.......that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples.........
........at the top think something is wrong with..............
.......them, when in reality, they're amazing.................
...........They just have to wait for the right................
................boy to come along, the one.....................
...................who's brave enough..........................
...........................to climb..................................
.........................all the way................................
.........................to the top.................................
.........................of the tree................................
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Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.~ Proverbs 31:30

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.~ 1 Peter 3:3-4

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.~ Gal 6:9

"Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it."
— Frances Hodgson Burnett

When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in--that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies."
—A Little Princess

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.~ Helen Keller

Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of us, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts. ~Helen Keller

"Purity is a precious jewel, and the owner of a precious stone would never dream of making a display of his riches in the presence of thieves." Saint John Bosco

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself,

and know that everything in life has purpose.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences,

all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tear

~ Italian Proverb

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

-- Elizabeth Kubler

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

-- Anne Frank

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

-- James Allen

Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

-- Louisa May Alcott

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. ~Charles Reade

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.

-- Sophia Loren

I am not afraid…I was born to do this.

-- Joan of Arc

Hope is a thing with feathers

That perches in the soul;

And sings the tune without words

And never stops at all.

-- Emily Dickinson

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?~ George Eliot

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. ~William Shakespeare, Othello

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.

-- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

-- Eleanor Roosevelt