Life Quotations Quotes

A star never lets anything dull its sparkle, not even darkness.

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Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.

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As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious.

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Keep negative people in your prayers, not in your life.

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Pain in the wilderness is an investment in pleasure in the Promised Land.

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You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.

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Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.

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Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.

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If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.

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A bird does not achieve its highest potential inside its shell.

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A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.

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Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.

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A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.

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Turkeys can run with eagles but cannot fly with them.

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Storms pass by on their way to get all the colors needed to paint your rainbow.

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Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.

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Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.

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Don’t expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands.

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The uglier the caterpillar the lovelier the butterfly.

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A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.

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If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.

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Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.

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If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

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Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.

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A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.

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Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.

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When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.

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Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.

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Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

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A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

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If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

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Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.

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Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.

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The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

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Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.

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If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.

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You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.

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Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.

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When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

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If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.

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The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.

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When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.

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One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.

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Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.

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If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.

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If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

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Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.

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Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.

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When you count your blessings, count life twice.

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If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

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You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.

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In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.

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If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

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If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.

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Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

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When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.

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Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

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If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.

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One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

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As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

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