Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

Don't run with the crowd

Your mind is a ship

Stars don’t beg the world for attention

I prefer male enemies to female ones

Big obstacles shrink when you confront them

To realize your greatest strengths, you must first overcome your greatest weaknesses.

Darkness is an uncomfortable place, but that is where stars are made.

You must walk on water, especially if you don’t know how to swim.

The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms.

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

A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.

An acorn is an oak tree inside out.

Be who your enemies dread you'll become.

Luck appears when you are working towards it, not looking for it.

You don't scale a mountain with your mouth, but with your feet.

As rain does not bother the ocean, nor heat bother the sun, so adversity does not bother the great.

A lion never loses sleep over a sheep's sentiments.

The height of your storm determines the height of your rainbow.

Today's seeds are tomorrow’s harvests.

Have the mind of a swam, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swam, and the soul of a dove.

A seed does not die because you buried it

A diamond does not complain about the discomfort of being polished

A short axe can still cut down tall trees.

It is lightning that strikes, not thunder.

Turbulence does not shake a tree with strong roots.

A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark.

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

The sky is only the limit if you have not set your eyes on reaching the stars.

A flower, no matter how beautiful, still has to grow in dirt.

It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.

If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.

If you have a spark of genius, kindle it until it becomes a flame.

It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.

Invest in your dreams, not in your fears.

The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear.

First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.

Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success.

If you sing to one person as if you’re singing to a million, you will soon have an audience of a million.

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

Your greatest obstacles usher you to your greatest rewards.

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

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

Learn from the Sun

A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.

The universe believes in you, but it is more important that you believe in yourself.

Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.

A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.

If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.

The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.

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