Life quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 11

“Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Strive to be more than number one—strive to be the greatest number one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your speech tells me what you are, but your deeds tell me who you are.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“There is no greater beast than envy, no greater thief than fear, no greater enemy than greed, no greater predator than wrath,…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Create your own happiness, no one else can create it for you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not the world’s job to like you; it is yours to love yourself.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to be an old soul than to be a young fool.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Many things are beyond your control, but your happiness is in your hands.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Death offers you thorns, eternity offers you roses, and life offers you both.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Never keep score in marriage; your wife is going to win anyway.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The greatest gift you can open is your arms to someone in need.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Walking towards love is wiser than falling into it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“False friends can be bought, but true friendship is priceless.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is easier to defy those you love than to listen to those you hate.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t resent a woman for who she is not; love her for who she is.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world is full of angels; if you can’t find one, be one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Joy gives you strength. Hope gives you fortitude. Faith gives you courage. Love gives you power.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo