NOT GIVING UP

1. One must row in whichever boat one finds one's self.
2. When a person regrets endlessly, he gets to pay more for what he regrets.
3. It is little by little that a bird builds its nest.
4. It is not only the fox, even the snail arrives at its destination.
5. However long the moon disappears, someday it must shine again.
6. It is the same moon that wanes today that will be the full moon tomorrow.
7. It is only the toad that gets up from its knees and falls back again on its knees.
8. The spider that knows what it will gain sits waiting patiently in its web. The praying mantis is never tired waiting all day.
9. One does not become a master diviner in a day. A forest is not made in a season. The swoop of an eagle has seen many seasons and floods...
10. Who says the oasis in the desert is happy because of its hidden spring of water?
11. The cricket is never blinded by the sand of its burrowing.
12. An oil lamp feels proud to give light even though it wears itself away.
13. A bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad