First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.
No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.
You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.
Keep your eyes on your dreams, not on your haters.
If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.
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.
Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.
Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.
In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.
A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.
The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.
If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.
No one tries to stone a tree whose fruit is not ripe.
Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.
We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.
Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.
The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.