When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

To realize your imagination, go with trust in the direction of your destination.

I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?

Your imagination is critical to discovering your dream.

The priority of the kingdom is the greatest message

If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we've got to do things that no one else is doing.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.

Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets.

Great work is always shunned at first.

Stay well away from the enemies of Allâh during their festivals.