A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The world would have no rainbows if the sky had not storms.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.
~ 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
If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be the calm in someone else’s storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.
~ 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
The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No one else knows exactly what the future holds for you, no one else knows what obstacles you've overcome to be where you are, so don't expect others to feel as passionate about your dreams as you do.
~ Germany Kent
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.
~ 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
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
~ 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
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
No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.
~ 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
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo