Diamond and graphite are made of carbon.

Carbon can form a maximum of 4 covalent bonds due to

carbon having 4 electrons on it's outer shell. In diamond, each carbon atom forms 4 covalent bonds in a
tetrahedral structure. Whereas, in graphite the carbon atoms only form 3 covalent bonds, creating
hexagonally packed sheets of carbon. The sheets of carbon become bonded by weaker intermolecular
forces. It is because of these weak intermolecular forces that the layers of graphite can slide over
eachother, making the overall substance a lot weaker than diamond.