life-quote

Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.

An archer must never blame a target for missing it.

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

The worm__ bad luck is the bird__ good fortune.

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.

A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.

Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.

A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.