It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.
A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.
Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.
If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.
You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.
Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.
Regard those who respect you.Esteem those who honor you.Cherish those who love you.Reward those who adore you.
There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.
The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.
Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.
Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.
The say money talks, but I've seen it sing, and even seen it dance.
Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.
When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them.
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