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“If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.”

“Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful.”

“A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.”

“If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.”

“As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.”

“Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.”

“Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.”

“It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.”

“If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.”

“It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.”

“Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.”

“The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.”

“Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.”

“A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.”

“A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship.”

“Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark.”

“Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.”

“It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.”

“Your father you esteem. Your mother you pamper. Your relatives you regard. Your friends you value. Your neighbors you respect. Your enemies you pardon.”

“It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.”

“Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.”

“Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.”

“The mind speaks, though it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.”

“A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.”

“When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.”

“Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.”

“A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.”

“A hunter’s meal is in proportion to his skill.”

“To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.”

“In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd.”

“A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.”