Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.

Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.

Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

If you want to be strong, love yourself; if you want to be powerful, love others; if you want to be invincible, love everyone.

Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.

To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.

Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.

A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.

It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.

If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

Great winds only challenge great trees.

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.

To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.

If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.

A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.

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

A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.