It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In a second you can change your mind, in a minute you can change your heart, in an hour you can change your life, and in a day you can change your destiny.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how low the sun sets, the time is coming when it will surely rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind is a reservoir of potential, your heart an ocean of strength, your soul a well of talents, and your body a vessel of power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from the ocean; not fearing turbulence, it uses the wind against it to rise instead.
~ 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
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
Dear fear, I’m divorcing you. Dear courage, I’m courting you. Dear hope, I’m pursuing you. Dear love, I’m marrying you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon, sand is worthless because it is common, be yourself and you will be a diamond.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Losing teaches you how to win, winning teaches you how not to lose.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo