When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.
It can be hard to tell the difference between a diamond in the rough and someone who's just, well, rough.
Some days are diamonds. Some days are stones. Sometimes you have a couple of stones in a row.
Gravel may be gravel, but me? I’m gravel that shatters diamonds.
Asta in Black Clover
On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me!
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
No pressure, no diamonds.
Karen: "I'm sure all the exploited diamond miners in Sierra Leone would give you a high-five if they still had all their fingers. But really pretty - meet me upstairs!"
Robin: "They only need one finger to give her what I'm thinking."
Robin: "They only need one finger to give her what I'm thinking."
Robin Scherbatsky in How I Met Your Mother - Season 4 Episode 17
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Wealth is a nightmare. With each coveted thing we buy, we lose a thing we dream about.
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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.
Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.
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Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
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1One on one versus LeBron James? He would get crushed. We would all be witnesses to a straight up annihilation.
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Sand is overrated. It's just tiny, little rocks.
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4We don't have any blood relatives, but all the friends we've made and all the friends we're going to make... let's treat them just like they're family.
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Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
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7It's only once you've stopped, that you realize how hard it is to start again. So you force yourself not to want it.
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