Overcoming Challenges Quotes Quotes

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t resent the sky for its storms, esteem it for its rainbows.

~ 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

When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from seeds, even after falling to the ground they muster enough strength to rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Great winds only challenge great trees.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never despise a seed, one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Diamonds are formed in pressure, that is why God allows you to go through difficult times.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is a thorough university, pain and hardship are its distinguished professors.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo