Overcoming Challenges Quotes Quotes

Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.

~ Amit Ray

The magic, grace, growth and wonder of life is that wisdom follows a fall and defeat not from a win.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Almost every so called setback is an opportunity for growth, learning, self love, wisdom and humility

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

~ 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

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

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

It takes a lot of confidence, and self-love and self-worth to realize that you are capable. And that you have every right to leave your lane, and to do things in the same way that other people do.

~ Allan Hennessy

Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

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

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

You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.

~ 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

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