Quotes about Adversity
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.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Throw a warrior to the wolves and he'll return a conqueror.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky's dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest's comfort.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The sweetest victories come after the bitterest defeats.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Turn your adversity into building blocks for the palace of your dreams.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
What you endured was a sign of what you would become.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Picking up the pieces of a shattered dream is better than having no pieces to pick up at all.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
In our deepest valleys we are strengthened to climb our highest mountains.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A muddied diamond is better than an unsullied pebble.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.
— Matshona Dhliwayo