Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up, and get ready to rise up.
~ Germany Kent
If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how low the sun sets, the time is coming when it will surely rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.
~ 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
A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon, sand is worthless because it is common, be yourself and you will be a diamond.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from seeds, even after falling to the ground they muster enough strength to rise.
~ 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
It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never despair if you have to start at the bottom, not even the sun rises from the top.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never despise a seed, one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are beloved; even if you were the last person on earth, the sun would rise for you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.
~ 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
An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Every time you try and fail,Every time your hope gets stuck in the deeps,And you wonder just how you'd get through the sail-Don't forget that underneath your pain,Is an anchor of great strength and fortitudeKeep digging until you find it...And when you do,RISE!
~ Chinonye J. Chidolue
Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo