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“Because failure works double time, to get success, work triple time.”

“A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure.”

“The higher you rise above your fears the higher you will rise above your peers.”

“A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.”

“When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.”

“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”

“A seed today is a forest tomorrow.”

“Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.”

“A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.”

“Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring.”

“You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.”

“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.”

“A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.”

“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.”

“Women never stalk men; they just research them intensely.”

“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.”

“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.”