Quotes about Resilience
The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
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 does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Wolves travel in packs, but the fiercest travel alone.
— 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