A short axe can still cut down tall trees.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is lightning that strikes, not thunder.
Turbulence does not shake a tree with strong roots.
A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark.
The sky is only the limit if you have not set your eyes on reaching the stars.
A flower, no matter how beautiful, still has to grow in dirt.
It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.
If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.
It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
Invest in your dreams, not in your fears.
The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear.
A bird must rely on its own wings if it is to conquer the sky.
First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.
Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success.
If you sing to one person as if you’re singing to a million, you will soon have an audience of a million.
Throw a warrior to the wolves and he’ll return a conqueror.
Your greatest obstacles usher you to your greatest rewards.
Dream up, and you will go up; dream down, and you will go down.
They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.
A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.
A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies.
A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.
Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.
A bird must have faith in its wings in order to fly.
A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.
If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.
The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.
The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.
A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.
Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.
A blunt arrow in the air has greater potential to strike than a sharp one in a quiver.
The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.
If adventurers were cowardly, no one would have crossed the nations; if sailors were fearful, no one would have crossed the oceans; if pilots were gutless, no one would have crossed the skies.
Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.
To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.
Never underestimate a warrior; the lion in him may be sleeping, but that does not mean he’s dead.
A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly.
A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn.
