Life-quotes-inspirational-quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 8

“Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop; wisdom will take you to the stars.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.”

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“Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be…

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“Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your…

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“Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those…

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“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

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

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“Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to…

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“If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule…

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“If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your wife is smarter than you; know this, and you will live happily ever after.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be yourself; you have nothing more valuable to offer the world than the original you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t let mediocre people talk you out of your dreams; lions have little in common with sheep.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The universe sees your beauty; now see the beauty in others.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are…

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“In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Never keep score in marriage; your wife is going to win anyway.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo