Be brave and create the life of your dreams. Dare to strive for the spectacular.
~ Amy Leigh Mercree
You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you experience loss, people say you’ll move through the 5 stages of grief….Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance….. What they don’t tell you is that you’ll cycle through them all every day.
~ Ranata Suzuki
It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us.Sort of like how I say ‘funny’... but I actually mean sad.
~ Ranata Suzuki
They say the truth hurts. And these words hurt more than any I have ever written. But they are the truth – The cold, hard, undeniable truth.Not letting go doesn’t keep him with you.It’s still over. He’s still gone.… And nothing will ever change that.
~ Ranata Suzuki
With you in my life I felt like I could conquer anything.It was as if I was on top of the world and even the stars themselves were just within my grasp.But without you …. even getting through the day is hard.
~ Ranata Suzuki
I need to stop running back to you in my mind all the time.
~ Ranata Suzuki
She wears it so beautifully doesn’t she, her pain… Always smiling, always positive…. always happy to help… It’s like a garment perfectly tailored to fit the way she carries it… with a touch of grace… and the quietness of that sad smile…. All so you’d never know how heavy it really was.
~ Ranata Suzuki
Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.
~ Anthon St. Maarten
Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
On the other side of worry you find hope, on the other side of fear you find love, on the other side of anger you find peace, and on the other side of unbelief you find God.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If your heart has been broken nine times, muster the courage to love again for the tenth.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are sad, love will make you happy; afraid, love will make you brave; weak, love will make you strong; and broken, love will make you whole.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Lust makes you weak, passion makes you strong, love makes you brave, and heartache makes you wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be afraid of being alone, a lion does not rule the jungle with sheep at its side.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Invest in your dreams, not in your fears.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If adventurers were cowardly, no one would have crossed the nations; if sailors were fearful, no one would have crossed the oceans; if pilots were gutless, no one would have crossed the skies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Brave cubs become fierce lions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo