Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The entire world above you, around you, beneath you, and beside you, is insignificant in comparison to the world within you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter how low the sun sets, the time is coming when it will surely rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are what you think, you become what you believe, you turn out to be what you have always been.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The body is an outstanding source of strength, the mind an incredible source of intelligence, the heart an uncommon source of might, and the soul a remarkable source of power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind is a reservoir of potential, your heart an ocean of strength, your soul a well of talents, and your body a vessel of power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.

~ 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; and don’t weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from the ocean; not fearing turbulence, it uses the wind against it to rise instead.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be the calm in someone else’s storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world, it just blooms.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A single star shines brighter than a thousand moons.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo