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“Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.”

“Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.”

“When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.”

“The entire world above you, around you, beneath you, and beside you, is insignificant in comparison to the world within you.”

“If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.”

“Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.”

“In a second you can change your mind, in a minute you can change your heart, in an hour you can change your life, and in a day you can change your destiny.”

“Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.”

“Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.”

“The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.”

“Be the calm in someone else’s storm.”

“If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.”

“In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.”

“Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.”

“When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.”

“A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.”

“The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.”

“A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.”

“The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.”

“Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and don’t weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.”

“Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.”

“Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.”

“Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon; sand is worthless because it is common; be yourself and you will be a diamond.”

“You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.”

“Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.”

“Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.”

“Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.”

“The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.”

“The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm, the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.”

“Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.”

“The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.”

“The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.”

“No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.”

“Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.”

“A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.”

“A star doesn’t need words to tell the world what it does; it just shines.”

“To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them.”

“Don’t resent the sky for its storms; esteem it for its rainbows.”

“A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.”

“If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.”

“It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.”

“The world is full of angels; if you can’t find one, be one.”

“A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.”

“When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.”

“Rest as if you’ll live forever; work as if you’ll die today.”

“If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.”

“You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.”

“If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.”

“Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.”

“You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.”