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“Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.”

“It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.”

“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.”

“When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands.”

“If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.”

“When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.”

“The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.”

“To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.”

“Respect your haters; they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.”

“When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.”

“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”

“The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.”

“When you are at your lowest God is getting ready to take you to your highest.”

“The first time you succeed it is chance; the second time it is luck; the third time it is skill; the fourth time it is talent; and the fifth time it is genius.”

“A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.”

“Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break.”

“Step up your game and success will step up to you.”

“A star earns the right to shine the day it is born.”

“On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.”

“Stumbling up a hill strengthens you more than sprinting down a mountain.”

“If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.”

“If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.”

“It is easier to move mountains using God's hands.”

“You are a seed; that is why God plants you in adversity when He wants you to grow.”

“Compassion is a seed, empathy is the root, kindness is the stem, charity is the tree, and love is the fruit. Intelligence is a seed, understanding is the root, intuition is the stem, knowledge is the tree, and wisdom is the fruit. Skill is a seed, talent is the root, excellence is the stem, brilliance is the tree, and genius is the fruit.”

“You were born a giver, don't die a taker. You were born an earner, don't die a begger. You were born a sharer, don't die a hoader. You were born a lover, don't die a hater. You were born a builder, don't die a destroyer. You were born a creator, don't die an immitator. You were born a leader, don't die a follower. You were born a learner, don't die a teacher. You were born a doer, don't die a talker. You were born a dreamer, don't die a doubter. You were born a winner, don't die a loser. You were born an encourager, don't die a shamer. You were born a defender, don't die an aggressor. You were born a liberator, don't die an executioner. You were born a soldier, don't die a murderer. You were born an angel, don't die a monster. You were born a protecter, don't die an attacker. You were born an originator, don't die a repeater. You were born an achiever, don't die a quitter. You were born a victor, don't die a failure. You were born a conqueror, don't die a warrior. You were born a contender, don't die a joker. You were born a producer, don't die a user. You were born a motivator, don't die a discourager. You were born a master, don't die an amateur. You were born an intessessor, don't die an accusor. You were born an emancipator, don't die a backstabber. You were born a sympathizer, don't die a provoker. You were born a healer, don't die a killer. You were born a peacemaker, don't die an instigater. You were born a deliverer, don't die a collaborator. You were born a savior, don't die a plunderer. You were born a believer, don't die a sinner.”

“The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.”

“If adventurers were cowardly, no one would have crossed the nations; if sailors were fearful, no one would have crossed the oceans; if pilots were gutless, no one would have crossed the skies.”

“Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.”

“Do what no one else can do and you will become what no one else can become.”

“Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.”

“Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.”

“The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.”