It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it, which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
They say the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success, I believe you can say the same thing about the distance between good and evil.
~ Carl R White
Brilliance of the brain must be admired more than beauty of the body.
~ Amit Kalantri
If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Genius is in you, but like a seed, you determine whether it dies or grows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The first time you succeed it is chance, the second time it is luck, the third time it is skill, the fourth time it is talent, and the fifth time it is genius.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Symphonies begin with one note, fires with one flame, gardens with one flower, and masterpieces with one stroke.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Talent is like a little seed; when nurtured, it will flourish.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you wings to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars don’t beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In the presence of the sun nobody sees the stars; excel, and you too will eclipse your competition.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible, they shine brighter.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If records refuse to be broken, shatter them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Do what no one else can do and you will become what no one else can become.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Thinking outside of the box is unnecessary when there are no boxes in your imagination.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo