"If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed."

"A nation's treasure is in its scholars."

"If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through."

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."

"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."

"The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind."

"Examine what is said, not him who speaks."

"Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out."

"When you have given nothing, ask for nothing."

"A smiling face is half the meal."

"Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees."

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."