"A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly."

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

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

"If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great."

"As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles."

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

"If you blame gravity for falling in love, even God has the right to laugh at you."

"A rainbow earns its colors in the storm."

"If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit."

"To enter the door of greatness you need the key of faith."

"Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet."

"Even in silence a heart can scream."

"It is easier to wipe a thousand tears from your eyes than to wipe a single tear from your soul."

"Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God."

"The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow."

"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."

"Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience."

"Don't burn your bridges until you build better ones."

"If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name."

"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."

"Love is blind, and therefore not responsible for whoever she bumps into."

"Success is always looking for the next best man because she knows how valuable she is."

"The greater the humiliation, the greater the accolades. The greater the opposition, the greater the triumph. The greater the pain, the greater the blessing. The greater the loss, the greater the gain. The greater the danger, the greater the glory."

"It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born."

"You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it."

"The distance you walk on water depends on how great your faith is."

"Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide."

"The sky does not despair when a star falls, it makes room for a new one."

"You can put all your eggs in one basket if God has told you to."

"A wise servant is better than a foolish ruler."

"A short axe can still cut down tall trees."

"Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it."

"A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty."

"You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it."

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

"You learn more from your tears than your smiles."

"Be the greatest thing that has ever happened to you."

"You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish."

"Turbulence means nothing if God is the pilot."

"The laws of gravity work everywhere except in the heart and the soul."

"Wisdom is a reliable companion."

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

"Uncommon faith gives you uncommon power."

"Your mind is a ship, it can sail across the universe as long as you don't allow negative thoughts to sink it."

"Faith is irrational, which is why those who exercise it are rewarded irrationally."

"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."

"Those who know you see your tears even in the rain."

"The shrewd, like chameleons, embrace change by using it to their advantage."

"To be wise for one day is better than to be intelligent for a hundred."

"Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them."