Life-lessons-quotations Quotes · Page 4

“Laugh. Learn. Love. Live.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A dead hero is better than a living coward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Justice is blind, but judges have eyes.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn a lot. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Live a lot.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“In calm waters you still find sharks.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The distance between two minds is understanding.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You were born to shine; don’t ever let anyone steal your light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to carry mercy in your hands than bitterness in your heart.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One twig lights a small fire; a thousand twigs light an immense inferno.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To lose a thousand pebbles in the persuit of one diamond is gain.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you are ignorant, you are poor; knowledgeable, you are fortunate; intelligent, you are privileged; brilliant, you are rich; and wise, you…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you;…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your mind has the intellect to lift the world, your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Help from truth is better than sympathy from lies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Get high on love, not drugs.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Chase few. Follow some. Lead many. Walk beside all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be the calm in someone else’s storm.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Flexibility is a mental preservative for sanity.”

— Dr. Jacent Mpalyenkana, Ph.D. MBA

“You don't have to have eyes to see truth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Ego is the opium of those who lack self esteem.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Raise your thoughts and you can raise your life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn from your minor mistakes before they become major ones.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One fish in your net is better than a thousand in the ocean.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world’s greatest survival stories are in scars, not trophies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo