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The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

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Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces.

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At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

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Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.

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Beatings from truth are better than kisses from lies.

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

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Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

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A diamond will never tell you how valuable it is; if you don't already know, you are not worthy of it.

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The sky is only the limit if you have not set your eyes on reaching the stars.

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

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

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You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.

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The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.

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Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

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The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the fastest, but not the wisest. The ant is the smallest, but not the gentlest.

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If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.

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A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark.

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Trust unites, fear divides, mercy heals, and love conquers.

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Outer beauty you see with your eyes, but inner beauty you only see with your heart.

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Courage is a warrior, wisdom is a sage, virtue is a priest, and love is poet.

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

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Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

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The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

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A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.

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Stars cannot achieve their highest potential without the dark.

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A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

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Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

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Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.

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

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Only what is below you tries to pull you down.

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Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.

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You can switch off all the lights, but that won't stop the sun from rising.

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A storm is never quiet because it is always calling out to the rainbow.

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The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

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Love will always be blind, but will never be deaf.

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You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

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If you teach a wolf how to hunt, it will reward you by devouring you.

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

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When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

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Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

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A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

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It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

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A flower, no matter how beautiful, still has to grow in dirt.

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Your dreams will only take you as far as your faith in them.

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Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those who love you, and generous to those who adore you.

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A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within.

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Failure is your best asset, complacency is your worst liability, and talent is your greatest capital.

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

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If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

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If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.

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The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left behind the most happy memories.

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If the heart had a brain kind people would rule the world.

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The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.

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A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.

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Fear takes you low, faith takes you high, but love takes you everywhere.

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Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

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

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Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.

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If you try to hide a star behind a dark veil, it will still shine through it.

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Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

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