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1 " For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character. "
― Cressida Cowell , How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (How to Train Your Dragon, #9)
2 " Please do not blame the story.The story cannot help itself. We do not realize it at the time, but sometimes the story we are all a part of is not just a story about Vikings and islands and dragons. It is a story about growing up.And one of the things about growing up, one of the inescapable, inevitable laws, is that one day...One day... one day... It is going to happen. I am sorry, but it's true. "
3 " Are you the stuff that hero's are made of? Or are you a jellyfish in a skirt? "
4 " The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic... "
5 " Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect. "
6 " Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in, even against those you love, and that can be harder than you think. "
7 " You cannot fight time itself, slay the minutes and hours with your blade, wipe the bleeding seconds on your shirt. Time cannot be fought. "
8 " The world will need a Hero, and it might as well be you. "
9 " What is within is more important than what is without. "
10 " Please do not blame the story. The story cannot help itself. We do not realise it at the time, but sometimes the story we are all a part of is not just a story about Vikings and islands and dragons. It is a story about growing up. And one of the things about growing up, one of the inescapable, inevitable laws, is that one day... one day... one day... it is going to happen. I am sorry, but it's true. "
11 " Growing up happens so quick sometimes, that it catches us by surprise. "
12 " A Chief must show no fear, no worry... A Chief is a leader first, and a man second... "