Life-lessons-quotations Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 11

“Seeds do not make a sound when growing, but can even reach the sky. Learn from them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you cast your bait after the fish have passed, you will only catch despair.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When birds eat from your hand, they are letting the whole world know that they trust you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower always turns its face to light; be likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Regard those who respect you. Esteem those who honor you. Cherish those who love you. Reward those who adore you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from…

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“Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor; strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak; possessions don’t help if your soul…

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“A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you…

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“As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in…

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“If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart,…

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“Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the…

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“Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and…

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“Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight; wisdom swings it wide open.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wounded lion is still fiercer than a healthy wolf.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you define yourself by your past, you are using the wrong dictionary.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Time is a robber: nothing stands in its way from taking all that is precious from you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life’s mission to glow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Dream more, read more, learn more, and you will become more.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“There are many fish in the sea, but never let a good one swim away.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo