The sun and stars never apologize for shinning, neither should you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.
~ 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
A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star doesn’t need words to tell the world what it does, it just shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be noble like the sun, let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars don’t beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky won’t shed tears if stars refuse to shine, it will wait for the sun.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Light in your soul kindles the light in your world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star never lets anything dull its sparkle, not even darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo