Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.
Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.
A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.
If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.
Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happin...
When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you'll get through it.
While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.
Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.
A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.
Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.