Motivation quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 5

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The weaknesses of a warrior are better than the strengths of a coward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Maximize your strengths. Minimize your weaknesses.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Faith is the boat on which you cross the ocean of your fears.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When storms come, trees dance in the rain until the rainbow comes. Do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If a bird believes it is an eagle long enough, it will eventually end up soaring like one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Think of the future. Dream of the future. Live for the future. Risk all. Give all. Exceed all. Win all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“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

“Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop; wisdom will take you to the stars.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Storms pass by on their way to get all the colors needed to paint your rainbow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It takes more than one individual to make a team.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Throw a warrior to the wolves and he’ll return a conqueror.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Anyone can point to the ocean, but only the brave get past the shore.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies.”

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If a ship is strong, the ocean's tides do not trouble it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is from small seeds that big forests rise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo