A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A pearl never loses its value, not even when covered with dirt.

Loud courage silences loud fear.

A caterpillar knows it's a butterfly, even if the whole world tries to convince it that it's just a worm.