A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

Storms are rainbow’s inside out.

Rainbows can’t rise without storms.

A star is not afraid of darkness, for its light comes from within.

You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.

The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.

Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.

A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.

If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.

When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.

Learn from the ocean; not fearing turbulence, it uses the wind against it to rise instead.

A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.

In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.

A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.

A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.

Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.

It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.

A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.

A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.

Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.

You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.

If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.

Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

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

You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.

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

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

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

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

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

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

When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.

The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.

Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.

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

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky.

Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.

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

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

Great winds only challenge great trees.

If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.

To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.

If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.

A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.

No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.

One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.

Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.

If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.

As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity.

A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.

If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own.

Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.

When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.

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

The bad chapters of your life lead to the good ones if you keep turning the pages.

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

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.

Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.

It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.

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

Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.

When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.

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

Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.

When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.

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

The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.

The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.

To realize your greatest strengths, you must first overcome your greatest weaknesses.

If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.

Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.

A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.

The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.

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

A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly.

Gravity is no match against one who is determined to reach the stars.

Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success.

Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.

On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.

A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.

An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.

Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.

Count your smiles, not your frowns.

If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.

Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.

Reach for the stars, not your fears.

Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.

A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.

The uglier the caterpillar the lovelier the butterfly.

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

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

Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.

Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.

A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure.

Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.

Because failure works double time, to get success, work triple time.

Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.

Persevere like a seed; even when people try to bury you, flourish.

If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.

A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship.

Shatter your fears and you will shatter records.

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

Step up your game and success will step up to you.

The higher you rise above your fears the higher you will rise above your peers.

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

Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break.

A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

Stumbling up a hill strengthens you more than sprinting down a mountain.

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

Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.

It is easier to move mountains using God's hands.

The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.

The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.

When your critics raise hell keep building your heaven.

Champions are made in the dark before they are revealed in light.

Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.

A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.

The thorny path to greatness is better than the rosy path to mediocrity.

You cannot walk in a great man's shoes without getting sores on your feet.

The opinion of success matters more than the opinions of your critics.

Behind your darkest fears lie your brightest rewards.

What you endured was a sign of what you would become.

One who conquers fear cannot be conquered by anyone.

Small steps of faith add up to great leaps of success.

One who conquers fear conquers his greatest enemy.

Picking up the pieces of a shattered dream is better than having no pieces to pick up at all.

Confident sheep overcome insecure wolves.

Fear must die for your dreams to live.

Use your tears to water the garden of your dreams.

Rise in your mind and you will rise in your world.

One does not become strong lifting feathers.

Dancing in the rain is better than despairing in the storm.

In our deepest valleys we are strengthened to climb our highest mountains.

An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.

Stumbling towards greatness is better than sprinting towards mediocrity.

Warriors achieve more than worriers.

Behind your greatest fears lie your greatest rewards.

You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.

One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.

Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light.