Quote by Said Nursî

“A diamond does not complain about the discomfort of being polished; for in the end it knows it will shine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. I'm that diamond.”

— Solange nicole

“I can’t get clean.” “That’s because you’re polishing a diamond. How much more brilliant do you want it to shine, my lovely?”

— Kristen Ashley

“Thinking he knows can be a trap. An ex-professor once told him he had a diamond-hard intellect and he’d been flattered at the time.…

— Margaret Atwood

“Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.”

— Mark Twain

“A diamond will never tell you how valuable it is; if you don't already know, you are not worthy of it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Character is the diamond that scratches every other stone.”

— Bartol

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.’ Ain’t so?”

— Stephanie Reed

“If you can make peace with a normal stone, a diamond is just a stone.”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo