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
A star is not afraid of darkness, for its light comes from within.
~ 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
Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Soon, when all is well, you're going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.
~ Brittany Burgunder
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
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
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
Don’t ever stop believing in your own personal transformation. It is still happening even on the days you may not realize it or feel like it.
~ Lalah Delia
I honor you for every timethis year you:got back upvibrated highershined your lightand loved and elevatedbeyond—the call of duty.
~ Lalah Delia
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