Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.
The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.
As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
In calm waters you still find sharks.
Raise your love, raise it high. Don't let the world and its circumstances make you hate.
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.
Pain in the wilderness is an investment in pleasure in the Promised Land.
When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.
Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.
The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.
Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.
Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.
If there are many thorns in your life, it is because you are a rose.
If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.