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

“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.”

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

“A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Two minds are smarter than one. Two hands are stronger than one. Two hearts are mightier than one. Two souls are greater than one.”

“If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.”

“If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.”

“Don’t be afraid of being alone; a lion does not rule the jungle with sheep at its side.”

“A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.”

“If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.”

“Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.”

“There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.”

“Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.”

“One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.”

“Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and you will be infinitely happy.”

“Be selfless like a burning candle; giving of yourself to others even if it consumes you.”

“Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.”

“If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.”

“A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.”

“Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.”

“The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.”

“Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.”

“If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.”