Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never despair if you have to start at the bottom, not even the sun rises from the top.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Great winds only challenge great trees.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never despise a seed, one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A warrior is defined by his scars, not his medals.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star doesn’t have to announce its arrival, it just shows up and shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Respect your haters, they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Make your own luck, and then share it with others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that God sometimes packages miracles in small things.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never mock a cub, one day it will become a lion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be afraid of criticism, the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo