A diamond owes its existence to pressure.

If you go through an obstacle, you are strong, but if you go around it, you are wise.

The depths to which you descend point to the heights to which you will rise.

God hands the sky a storm and the sky hands God back a rainbow. Be likewise.

It is pressure that births diamonds, not pleasure.

It is pressure, not pleasure, that births diamonds.

Fish don't worry about their fate when you throw them in deep waters.

It doesn't take any strength for heavy stones to fall, but it takes great strength for something as light as leaves to rise.

Flowers that bloom in winter are stronger than flowers that bloom in summer.