Life Lessons Quotations Quotes

The storm is an artist, the rainbow is its masterpiece.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Dream to reach the stars, awaken to reach the edge of the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t let mediocre people talk you out of your dreams, lions have little in common with sheep.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Change can be beautiful, butterflies are the greatest proof of this.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The universe sees your beauty, now see the beauty in others.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t be afraid of being alone, a lion does not rule the jungle with sheep at its side.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thoughts are powerful; before you were born, you were one.

~ 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

Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars.

~ 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

I prefer male enemies to female ones, I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo