Overcoming Quotes Quotes

“When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It's not the shit we face that defines us, it's how we deal with it.”
― Ahmed Mostafa

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

“Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn from seeds; they don’t die when you throw dirt at them; they grow.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Rainbows can’t rise without storms.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“To realize your greatest strengths, you must first overcome your greatest weaknesses.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Behind great challenges lie great rewards.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I always tell my son: "You need to happen to life. Don't be the person that life happens to. Don't let life happen to you; YOU HAPPEN TO LIFE." And it has occured to me that I should be following my own advice.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“The weak dread obstacles,
the foolish invite them,
the wise avoid them,
the strong battle them,
and the great overcome them.

The strong overwhelm opponents,
the mighty crush them,
the shrewd outwit them,
the cowardly hide from them,
but the enlightened transcend them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Maybe your superpower
is refusing to give up,
even on your weakest days
when you feel you're not enough.”
― Christy Ann Martine, She'll Find the Sky: A Collection of Poems

“Storms are rainbow’s inside out.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“To retrieve the ill consequences of a foolish conduct, and by struggling manfully with distress to subdue it, is one of the noblest efforts of wisdom and virtue. Whoever, therefore, calls such a man fortunate, is guilty of no less impropriety in speech than he would be who should call the statuary or the poet fortunate who carved a Venus or who writ an Iliad.”
― Henry Fielding

“Know your times and its designs. Swordplay is exacting. Thrus, be shrewd with your jianqizhe ‘swordpraying.’ Much is needed.

—Fencing Metaphor on Prayer
Martial Arts on Noah's Ark”
― douglas laurent

“You thought that you were hurting me; but, you were helping me.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Your past pain is not a permanent prophecy.
Your heart's fate isn't written in the scars.”
― John Mark Green

“Truth is a priceless treasure, but worthless if buried.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“It will be over when it finish”
― Neil Mach, The Patternmaker and the Tide

“It's not that which happens to you. It's that which you 'make it happen' out of it.”
― Hiral Nagda

“Leading isn't about being the loudest or the obvious choice; it's about proving yourself every day and persevering through adversity.”
― Felecia Etienne, Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women

“It’s the crazy people who say they’re not crazy!” said Ginnie.”
― Nicole T. Smith, We Have Shadows Too

“Shedding:

She asked "How can you keep shedding your past?
Your failures, your losses, and people you once loved?"
And I replied:
"Because there are some things you just cannot keep.
They have provided you with the lesson, and you have taken the growth,
So what is left to hold onto?
Keep shedding sweetheart.
Keep finding new and wonderful strengths that you never imagined you owned,
Climbing mountains you never thought you'd climb,
And mending your wounded heart for yet another time
Life is all about shedding.
So don't keep hurting the softness of your soul.
Life's most profound gifts are held in the hands of those who can learn so graciously to let go".”
― Christine Evangelou, The Stars In Our Scars: A Collection of Unique, Healing and Inspirational Poetry

“Stop! God has defined you; God has forgiven you; God has created you. So, girlfriend stop looking for love, validation and acceptance, Jesus gave you all of that when He hung on the cross. Now start living like you know it. Unless of course you believe God to be a liar.”
-Shelle Frelo”
― Shelle Frelo