If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.
~ 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
Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.
~ 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
Don't give up when dark times come. The more storms you face in life, the stronger you'll be. Hold on. Your greater is coming.
~ Germany Kent
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.
~ 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’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Heat makes things expand, that is why life sometimes throws us into a fiery furnace.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If God had a wife, He would be in trouble too if He dodged His chores.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo