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Biography - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien:

English writer, poet, philologist and academic.
Born: 1892 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: South Africa
South Africa

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



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Wir müssen nur entscheiden, was wir mit der Zeit anfangen wollen, die uns gegeben ist.

French
Tout ce que nous avons à décider, c'est ce que nous devons faire du temps qui nous est imparti.




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Let us see to it that all time belongs to us. This, however, cannot be unless first of all our own selves begin to belong to us.




Quotes for: time


Quotes

Quotes about time:


In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Time is a great master; it regulates things well.





It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.





Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.





Time is the moving image of eternity.
Plato - Timaeus / 











Quotes for: decision


Quotes

Quotes about decision:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





The present is not a potential past; it is the moment of choice and action.





As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.





Only by means of decisions does man enter reality.





Never is done tomorrow what is not done today
And one should let no day slip by.
With resolution seize the possible straightway
By forelock and with quick, courageous trust;
Then holding fast you will not let it further fly
And you will labour on because you must.












Quotes

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien also said...


Courage is found in unlikely places.





It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.





The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.





He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.





A star shines on the hour of our meeting.





Never laugh at live dragons.












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