Persistence Quotes Quotes

You opinions about me does not change who I am.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

~ 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 business, sport, entertainment and beyond an idea is worth next to nothing. The energy, effort, passion, talent, tenacity, strategy, resilience and resourcefulness to see it through and make something of it is worth everything.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

You are only susceptible to break easily due to occasionally bends if you are inflexible

~ Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

As you run towards your desired destination, if you turn to look behind and see no one running with you, keep running: because it's evident that you have no competition and therefore, you are destined to get to that destination.

~ Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

Don't let what you fear stop you from pursuing it. For the most part, what you fear doesn't even know that you are afraid of it.

~ Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

When you consistently hold onto your passion with faith and unconditionality regardless of what anyone says or does, the very fire that ignites your passion, will pave a way for your dream to manifest in the physical universe.

~ Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

I will take all the action there is, and even if I fail and fail and fail and fail and fail, I know like I know, that the door to this opportunity will one day get weakened by the forces of my attempts, and break wide open for me to get in.

~ Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

Let's do everything that we can, and let the good Lord do everything else that we can't.

~ Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship.

~ 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

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t let mediocre people talk you out of your dreams, lions have little in common with sheep.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo