Overcoming 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

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

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

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

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

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.

~ 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