Shine-quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 2

“If you want to shine like a diamond, be prepared to handle pressure like one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A star does not boast to the world of its plans; it just shows up and shines.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the light within you is greater than the darkness around you, you are a star.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The enlightened are like stars; the darker it gets, the brighter they shine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you try to hide a star behind a dark veil, it will still shine through it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world is already full of darkness; to stand out, shine your light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Shine your light so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not the fault of the stars that they shine brightly, but the fault of our eyes that they cannot handle…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the sun only agreed to shine on its friends, the world would be a very dark place.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible; they shine brighter.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If stars needed the sky's permission to shine, the universe would be a very dark place.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The distance between two stars is inconsequential when they shine as one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be like the sun; never let the opinions of those who hate you dull your shine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You don’t have to pay the sun to rise, the moon to shine, and the stars to glow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Cursing the sun won't stop it from rising; neither will cursing the stars stop them from shining.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stars don’t beg the world for attention; their beauty forces us to look up.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The beauty all around you is insignificant in comparison to the beauty within you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sun stands out not because it merely shines, but because it shines on everyone.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not the size of a flower, but the size of its beauty. ~Matshona Dhliwayo”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“They could not see the sun, but there it was shining; and could not see the stars, but there they were glowing.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo