“My words are my thesis, my actions are my dissertation, and my life is my philosophy.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Alone a candle can only light a room, but in thousands they can even light a city.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Trees generously share their fruit. Bees generously share their honey. Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Ignorance weakens you, understanding shelters you, intelligence strengthens you, but wisdom makes you invincible.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Worry soils, even the purest mind. Envy poisons, even the purest heart. Greed sullies, even the purest soul.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“A bee, though small, can still sting you; an elephant, though calm, can still trample you; a lion, though full, can still… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it; it creates beautiful waves instead.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Intelligence will teach you how to make a living; wisdom will teach you how to make a life.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Love is the heart’s best tenant; it always pays its rent on time.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“The weak forgive none, the strong forgive some, the great forgive many, but the enlightened forgive all.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“You are a god wrapped in flesh; the divinity you’ve always been seeking is wrapped within.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Intelligence tells you where to look; wisdom tells you what to see.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“We are all artists; painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“I have the soul of a white man, the soul of a black man, the soul of an Asian man; the soul… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Truth is like a rose; you have to love it with all of its thorns.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Knowledge helps its enemies, but ignorance harms even its friends.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Truth is the world's oldest saint; virtue is the world's oldest sage.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“A star can only illuminate the world by allowing itself to be set on fire.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Intelligence says think. Understanding says ponder. Insight says perceive. Enlightenment says overcome.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“Your mind has the intellect to lift the world, your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“If you try to measure love's power, you will run out of measuring tape.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“Your soul is your paintbrush, your world is your canvass, your life is your masterpiece.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“Falling in love is not the problem; hitting your head on the way down is.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“You have the world in your hands if you have the universe in your soul.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
“In knowledge there is strength, in understanding there is might, and in wisdom there is power.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share
