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

“At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.”

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

“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.”

“Your mind has the intellect to lift the world, your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.”

“There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.”

“If you are sad, love will make you happy; afraid, love will make you brave; weak, love will make you strong; and broken, love will make you whole.”