Life-lessons-quotations Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 5

“Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t ask why love is so expensive; ask yourself why everything else is so cheap.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Keep friends. Lose enemies. Multiply allies. Increase comrades.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“There are thousands of languages around the world, but love is the most beautiful of them all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you cheat on reason with emotion you will go bankrupt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Turbulence breaks a tree’s branches, but only tickles an eagle’s wings.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree is not concerned about the number of its fruits that fall to the ground, but the number of their seeds…

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“You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To appreciate pleasure some had to experience pain; to appreciate joy some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love some had to…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is difficult to get anything from the world that you yourself are not willing to give.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Never let bitterness make a home in your heart; raise the rent and kick it out.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If there are many thorns in your life, it is because you are a rose.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The storm is an artist; the rainbow is its masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A certificate in commonsense is better than a doctorate in philosophy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A warrior is no greater than the scars he endures in battle.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Think for yourself. Speak for others. Work for some. Live for none.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The ambitious strive to be well known; the enlightened strive to be worth knowing.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Only dead fish allow the sea to carry them to and fro.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo