Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The beauty all around you is insignificant in comparison to the beauty within you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star would lose its value if it tried to be something else, just be yourself.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind is a ship, it can sail across the universe as long as you don't allow negative thoughts to sink it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars don’t beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There are three impossibilities in life: God cannot lie, God cannot change and finally, I cannot be a poor man.
~ Ikechukwu Izuakor
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from stars; when dark times try to dull your sparkle, shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The size of your storm determines the size of your rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly.
~ 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
The sky does not despair when a star falls, it makes room for a new one.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.
~ 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
Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Negative thoughts have dirty feet, don’t let even the least of them set foot in your mind.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star does not need words to tell the world what it can do, it just shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop, wisdom will take you to the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Count your smiles, not your frowns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Reach for the stars, not your fears.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The uglier the caterpillar the lovelier the butterfly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a seed, that is why God plants you in adversity when He wants you to grow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo