Overcoming Adversity Quotes Quotes

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Beware trying to iron out all your quirks, perceived flaws and doubts. It's often these things that help you find strength, compassion, empathy for others and heart.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

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

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

If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

~ 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

I am not perfect and I don't pretend to be. My brand is about dealing with life after it happens and not sugar coating the fact that I'm a human who makes mistakes.

~ Isha Johnson

When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.

~ 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

Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand the facts of the real world. Spirituality reflects the most sophisticated mindset, and the most powerful force available for the transformation of human suffering.

~ Marianne Williamson

A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.

~ Anthon St. Maarten

You really don't have to subscribe to the life that had been written for you.

~ Allan Hennessy

Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.

~ 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

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

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

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo