“The earth laughs in flowers.” 
–e.e. cummings

"If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?"
- Mevlana Rumi

"The color black Is never tainted. It is the color of strong will."
- Sensei Eiken Shibahara (from the movie "Kuro Obi")

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it." 
- W.C. Fields.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose."
-Lou Holtz

"If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."
 - Lao Tzu

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light." 
- Helen Keller