It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.

The determination to win is the better part of winning.

Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.

Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens.

Take heart, and do not let disappointment or shame stop you from moving forward. The true outcome of life is only apparent at the very end.

Adversity gives birth to greatness. The greater the challenges and difficulties we face, the greater the opportunity we have to grow and develop as people. A life without adversity, a life of ease and comfort, produces nothing and leaves us with nothing. This is one of the indisputable facts of life.

Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.