Overcome Quotes Quotes

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Storms are rainbow’s inside out.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rainbows can’t rise without storms.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The world would have no rainbows if the sky had not storms.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A star is not afraid of darkness, for its light comes from within.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.

~ 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

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

~ Brittany Burgunder

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

A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.

~ 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

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

A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.

~ 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

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

If your heart has been broken nine times, muster the courage to love again for the tenth.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

~ 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

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

Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

~ 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