“Gathering eggs is commonsense; waiting for them to hatch is wisdom.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.” — 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
“If you do not sharpen your axe, it will take twice the same amount of time to cut down the same amount… — 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
“Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“A hunter is no greater than what he kills. A farmer is no greater than what he reaps. A fisherman is no… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“There is no distance between these 8 things: intelligence and sanity, wisdom and stability, ignorance and stupidity, truth and honesty, time and… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“To appreciate pleasure some had to experience pain; to appreciate joy some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love some had to… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Rest is good, but laziness is not. Labour is good, but slavery is not. Wine is good, but drunkenness is not. Food… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“One scholar is worth more than a thousand students. One sage is worth more than a thousand scholars. One leader is worth… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“It is easier to teach saints than to learn from sinners. It is easier to teach young students than to guide old… — 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