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“Beware trying to iron out all your quirks, perceived flaws and doubts. It's often these things that help you find strength, compassion, empathy for others and heart.”

“Is your life story the truth? Yes, the chronological events are true. Is it the whole truth? No, you see and judge it through your conditioned eyes and mind - not of all involved - nor do you see the entire overview. Is it nothing but the truth? No, you select, share, delete, distort, subtract, assume and add what you want, need and choose to.”

“When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.”

“When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.”

“When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.”

“Critics are loud, but success is louder.”

“Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.”

“A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.”

“Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.”

“If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own.”

“The world would have no rainbows if the sky had not storms.”

“Storms are rainbow’s inside out.”

“If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.”

“Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.”

“You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.”

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

“Learn from the ocean; not fearing turbulence, it uses the wind against it to rise instead.”

“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.”

“A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.”

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

“You have not conquered anyone significant until you conquer yourself.”

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

“The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.”

“Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.”

“If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.”

“Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.”

“Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.”

“If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.”

“Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.”