Looking up at the stars only proves you admire them, but shining your light proves you are like them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Light does not have to beg darkness to shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Light on its worst day will conquer darkness on its best day.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Find the light within you through meditation and introspection, and you will illuminate your life from within.
~ Amy Leigh Mercree
Let go of rejections and focus on self-reflection. For it is within that you will find the light you seek.
~ Amy Leigh Mercree
A flower always turns its face to light, be likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignorance hides in darkness, wisdom hides in light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Shine your light at all times, you never know who you are leading out of the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You were born to shine, don’t ever let anyone steal your light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be so warm that people mistake you for the sun, so bright that people mistake you for the stars, and so accommodating that people mistake you for the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The beauty all around you is insignificant in comparison to the beauty within you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars don’t beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible, they shine brighter.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the light within you is greater than the darkness around you, you are a star.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star does not need words to tell the world what it can do, it just shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star earns the right to shine the day it is born.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The beauty that is in you is greater than the ugliness that is around you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A divided mind cannot conquer a united soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your brightest light will take you to your greatest heights.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When your inner light shines your outer world glows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A muddied diamond is better than an unsullied pebble.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Light is a beautiful servant, darkness is a dangerous master.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Light cannot enter a dark room without illumining it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The soul's rainbow has more colors than the sky's stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A vessel's beauty does not determine how much water it carries.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo