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
The body is an outstanding source of strength, the mind an incredible source of intelligence, the heart an uncommon source of might, and the soul a remarkable source of power.
~ 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
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
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
It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it, which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Step out on faith and walk into your purpose.
~ Germany Kent
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There is a difference between how you live your life, and what you do with your life.
~ Abhijit Naskar
Don't spend your life wondering what if and worrying over something you have no control. What's done is done. Looking backwards will cause you to miss out on new blessings ahead. Move on.
~ Germany Kent
Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart, be real, but most importantly be nice.
~ 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
To appreciate pleasure some had to experience pain, to appreciate joy some had to experience sorrow, to appreciate love some had to experience heartache, and to experience freedom some had to experience fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo