Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have a dream no one else can see, a reward awaits you that no one else can have.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be afraid of criticism, the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream to reach the stars, awaken to reach the edge of the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t let mediocre people talk you out of your dreams, lions have little in common with sheep.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Invest in your dreams, not in your fears.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must have faith in its wings in order to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo