"If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy to love."

"Average leaders take you to the mountain. Superior leaders take you up the mountain. Excellent leaders take you to mountaintop. Transcendent leaders take you to the stars."

"Great faith equals great power."

"Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish do not desire it."

"Be the friend you wish to have."

"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."

"Teach men how to fish, but also teach them how to preserve fish."

"The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love."

"It is not enough to knock on successes' door; you have to knock hard enough. And if no one answers, either go through a window, or break down the door."

"It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry."

"One who sharpens his sword before sharpening his mind has already been conquered by ignorance."

"A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure."

"If you are unmotivated to succeed, no one can help you. If you are determined to succeed, no one can stop you."

"Tomorrow belongs to those who learn today."

"A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour."

"Faith turns mountains into pebbles. Fear turns pebbles into mountains."

"An ounce of wisdom can prevent a pound of folly."

"A sage is a good teacher, but an even greater learner."

"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."

"Learn, only to live. Live, only to learn."

"A drop of faith can create a hailstorm of success."

"A caterpillar knows it's a butterfly, even if the whole world tries to convince it that it's just a worm."

"Scars are your greatest medals in life."

"If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds."

"If the world stands in between a man and the woman he loves, he will set out to conquer it."

"Soulmates don't choose each other, fate chooses them."

"The bird and the elephant drink from the same river."

"If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else's shadow, they might wilt."

"You are only greater than what you overcome."

"A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves."

"Don't waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower."

"The darker it gets, the brighter your dreams shine."

"If you catch poisonous fish, throw it back into the sea."

"One who has great wisdom has great power."

"Extraordinary storms turn average seamen into extraordinary sailors."

"Love is like lightening; it can strike anyone, anywhere, and at any time."

"Positive thoughts precede positive results."

"A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur."

"If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise."

"Write the masterpiece that has not been written. Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung. Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted. Create the masterpiece that has not been created."

"Harsh winters precede pleasant springs."

"An ugly jar full of water is worth more than an empty beautiful one in the desert."

"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 cup of wisdom is more valuable than an ocean of intelligence."

"If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail."

"What others think of you doesn't matter as much as what you think of yourself."

"Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends."

"If roses were not special weeds would not envy them."

"Looking for a wife is like fishing; before you go, make sure you don't have a hole in your net."

"Your inner light is your brightest light."