Motivational-quotes-for-women Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 4

“A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you want to rise, drop everyone who is weighing you down.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you can’t move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Maximize your strengths. Minimize your weaknesses.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful…

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“Looking up at the stars only proves you admire them, but shining your light proves you are like them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Turbulence that blows you to greatness is better than calmness that stalls you in mediocrity.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your worth is not what you have, but who you are.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Where there are no thorns there are no roses.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower that refuses to bloom robs the world of its beauty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn from the Sun; on account of its warmth it doesn’t need to beg anyone to esteem it”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A stone, no matter how small, resists the wind.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you.”

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“The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.”

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“If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Those who pull you down are inferior to those who lift you up.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is the strongest, not the prettiest birds that conquer the sky.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Courage quits when it is tired; faith quits when it has won.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A star is a rock that could no longer hide its beauty from the world.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When the world throws rocks at you, turn them into diamonds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Where there are no caterpillars there are no butterflies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“What is within you must always be greater than what is outside of you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't let the world tell you what you can't do.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You don't excel by conforming to society, you excel by conforming to your higher self.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo