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.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you sing to one person as if you’re singing to a million, you will soon have an audience of a million.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The universe believes in you, but it is more important that you believe in yourself.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must have faith in its wings in order to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A blunt arrow in the air has greater potential to strike than a sharp one in a quiver.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
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.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t aim to break the glass ceiling, aim to shatter it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Gravity is no match against one who is determined to reach the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In the presence of the sun nobody sees the stars; excel, and you too will eclipse your competition.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is a bird’s imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible, they shine brighter.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Brave cubs become fierce lions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky does not despair when a star falls, it makes room for a new one.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the light within you is greater than the darkness around you, you are a star.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo