You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are what you think, you become what you believe, you turn out to be what you have always been.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and don’t weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be the calm in someone else’s storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star doesn’t need words to tell the world what it does, it just shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you're reading this, I hope God opens incredible doors for your life this year. Greatness is upon you. You must believe it though.
~ Germany Kent
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.
~ Bangambiki Habyarimana
This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have
~ Bangambiki Habyarimana
In moments when you feel that life is unbearably heavy, surrender yourself to the circumstances for a while! When life hits you hard and makes you fall down, take a rest on the ground for a while! Momentaneous non-resistance will give you time to gather your strength!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said.
~ Germany Kent
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo