Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.

If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.

If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.

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

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

If you plan to walk in the footsteps of the great, be prepared to walk with sores on your feet.