Guru-quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 5

“No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Alone a candle can only light a room, but in thousands they can even light a city.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Thoughts are powerful; before you were born, you were one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it; it creates beautiful waves instead.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence will teach you how to make a living; wisdom will teach you how to make a life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is the heart’s best tenant; it always pays its rent on time.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Trees generously share their fruit. Bees generously share their honey. Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Worry soils, even the purest mind. Envy poisons, even the purest heart. Greed sullies, even the purest soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bee, though small, can still sting you; an elephant, though calm, can still trample you; a lion, though full, can still…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Let them judge you, but remain virtuous. Let them criticize you, but remain wise. Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t let anger control you. Don’t let hate enslave you. Don’t let negativity overcome you. Don’t let bitterness conquer you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are a god wrapped in flesh; the divinity you’ve always been seeking is wrapped within.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence tells you where to look; wisdom tells you what to see.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Light another’s path and the universe will light your own.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We are all artists; painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I have the soul of a white man, the soul of a black man, the soul of an Asian man; the soul…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Light is a beautiful servant; darkness is a dangerous master.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge, teach. Wisdom, acquire. Understanding, share. Love, spread.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are what you think; you become what you believe; you turn out to be what you have always been.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind is its thoughts, the heart is its desires, and the soul is its experiences.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo