A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.
What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.
If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you...
Me myself is enough to manage.
Seek to be the smartest in a room, not the loudest.
Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open.
If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.
Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.
Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.
Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.
The chase of the whirlwind is vanity.
No man his the master of his fate.
An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.
Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.
Let thy pure act be thy prayer.
A blunt arrow in the air has greater potential to strike than a sharp one in a quiver.
When God opens a door no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open.
A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.
A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.
You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.