Life quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 5

“Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A house full of childern is better than a palace full of gold.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If your heart has been broken nine times, muster the courage to love again for the tenth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Falling in love is not the problem; hitting your head on the way down is.”

— 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

“When you wrestle with life, your heart inevitably becomes a warrior; when you wrestle with death, your soul inevitably becomes a conqueror.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“People can hurt you, but you must still love. People can betray you, but you can still trust. People can put you…

— 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

“No poison can kill quicker than bitterness; no medicine can heal quicker than gratitude; and no remedy can cure you quicker than…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like…

— 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

“When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.”

— 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

“Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“An archer must never blame a target for missing it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the light within you is greater than the darkness around you, you are a star.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If your god is money, you will always be poor; but if your god is love, you will always be rich.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Ignore what a man is willing to fight for, watch closely what he's willing to die for.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When turbulence hits your sails remind yourself it is an opportunity to get to the shore quicker.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Chase few. Follow some. Lead many. Walk beside all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo