"Marry someone you can live with, and you have found your companion; marry someone you can't live without, and you have found your soulmate."

"Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb."

"A spider is slow, but its web catches the fastest flies."

"True riches belong to those who shun false ones."

"God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly."

"Don't use your energy to hate on anyone, use it to create the life you desire."

"A chariot cannot travel in two directions."

"Stars don't beg the sky to shine."

"A large vessel will never fill up no matter how small the leak is."

"Shatter the limits in your mind and you shatter the limits in your life."

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

"Small caterpillars still become big butterflies."

"Read when you can. Teach when you ought. Learn when you must. Apply when you should."

"If greatness was easy to attain, everyone's name would be in history books."

"Grass is food for elephants, but a cushion for lions."

"One bee cannot build a hive, one ant cannot build a colony."

"True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes."

"You learn the value of water when the rivers are dry. You learn the value of light when the winters are prolonged. You learn the value of food when the fields are bare."

"Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat."

"Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness."

"Fear makes the possible look impossible; faith makes the impossible, possible."

"Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe."

"Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give."

"As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine."

"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."

"Intelligence will teach you how to make a living, wisdom will teach you how to make a life."

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

"You can see a person without using your eyes, hear a person without using your ears, carry a person without using your hands, speak to a person without using your mouth, and move a person without using your feet."

"To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself."

"Wisdom is the pillar of success."

"Strive to have the faith of a child, endeavour to have the wisdom of an elder."

"One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow."

"Rain is just God weeping for Earth's troubles."

"The greatest among you are those with the greatest love. The richest among you are those with the most joy."

"Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop."

"If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight."

"Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life."

"A predator on land is prey in the sea."

"If you want to be happy now, love now; if you want to be happy later, love later; but if you want to be happy always, love always."

"I attended the University of Earth, and earned my P. H. D in life from the school of hardship."

"If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry."

"An open heart leaves a breach for someone to pour love into it."

"The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear."

"A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life."

"The Blessing #1: May your eyes be profitable, may your ears be dutiful, may your tongue be insightful, may your hands be successful. May your mind be fruitful, may your heart be blissful, may your soul be joyful, may your life be peaceful."

"Be as wise as a fox. Be as harmless as a dove."

"The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want."

"When I was young, I admired old people. Now that I'm old, I admire wise people. When I was a youth, I admired strong people. Now that I'm old, I admire meek people. When I was an adult, I admired wealthy people. Now that I'm old, I admire happy people."

"Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more."

"A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly."