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If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Be the calm in someone else’s storm.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Though the fire and water tried to overtake me, I have come out to a place of great abundance and God has given me hope again.Robin Bertram
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Don't give up when dark times come. The more storms you face in life, the stronger you'll be. Hold on. Your greater is coming.Germany Kent
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A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.Matshona Dhliwayo
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At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You’re destined for greatness, ” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.Matshona Dhliwayo
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As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.Matshona Dhliwayo
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It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When you are born you have two different potential for the world: You will either be a gift to the world or a trouble to the world!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.Matshona Dhliwayo
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God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Far help seldom solves near troubles.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If God had a wife, He would be in trouble too if He dodged His chores.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Don’t look for trouble, because troubles look for being found by those who look for them!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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A storm is never quiet because it is always calling out to the rainbow.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man.Matshona Dhliwayo