The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To appreciate pleasure some had to experience pain, to appreciate joy some had to experience sorrow, to appreciate love some had to experience heartache, and to experience freedom some had to experience fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is easier to wipe a thousand tears from your eyes than to wipe a single tear from your soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I love death because life hates me.
~ Luffina Lourduraj
Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The bad chapters of your life lead to the good ones if you keep turning the pages.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The dark skies of despair are no match for the bright skies of hope.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your tears to water the garden of your dreams.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dancing in the rain is better than despairing in the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In our deepest valleys we are strengthened to climb our highest mountains.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Present tears water the gardens of future blessings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo