Life quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 11

“The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Respect your haters; they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Think before you speak. Forgive before you hate. Learn before you teach. Understand before you judge.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your first teacher is your mother; the second is people; the third is life; and the fourth is God.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their…

— 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

“Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons…

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are poor if you are ignorant, fortunate if you are knowledgeable, privileged if you are intelligent, rich if you are wise,…

— 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

“The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Bad mind, bad life. Good mind, good life. Excellent mind, excellent life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are the author of your own destiny; write yourself into history books.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Let go of the past, embrace the present, and prepare for the future.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the most valuable thing you have are memories, you have led a rich life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Enemies stab you in the back, true friends jab you in the front.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you want to be knowledgeable, study. If you want to be wise, live.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you need money to be rich, you will always be poor.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Money is what people want, but happiness is what people really need.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stars don’t beg the world for attention; their beauty forces us to look up.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are an original masterpiece; imitating someone else diminishes your value.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Lessons, not blood, pour out of our deepest wounds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I prefer male enemies to female ones; I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Use your energy to love your friends rather than hate your enemies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Dark times don't create stars; it is at night when what has always been in the star is revealed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are not distinguished by what you have, but by what you give.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are beloved; even if you were the last person on earth, the sun would rise for you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo