If a flower perseveres through concrete, you can persevere through anything.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If an eagle is teaching you to fly, ignore the advice of turkeys.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Turkeys can run with eagles but cannot fly with them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The farther you venture into the forest the more valuable the fruit.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A hunter’s meal is in proportion to his skill.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You were born a star, autograph your life with excellent works.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sweetest fruits grow at the top of a tree so that only those who deserve them can reach them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you water your dreams with excellence, success will grow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that does not break out of its shell will die in its egg.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fortune hides behind action.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Breaking through the glass ceiling is only possible if you are stronger than glass.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When your critics raise hell keep building your heaven.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird does not achieve its highest potential inside its shell.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
God gave you the sea, but you still have to fish for yourself.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are an artist, your life is your masterpiece.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
We only fall on our face to learn how to rise on our feet.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
What you endured was a sign of what you would become.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Today's tears are an investment into tomorrow's smiles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your tears to water the garden of your dreams.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Scars are your greatest medals in life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Present tears water the gardens of future blessings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Holding onto your dreams is better than holding onto your nightmares.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Rise above your fears and you rise above your world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Shatter the limits in your mind and you shatter the limits in your life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo