Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is easier for stars to shine in darkness, that is why dark times come into your life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be selfless like a burning candle, giving of yourself to others even if it consumes you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to be strong, love yourself; if you want to be powerful, love others; if you want to be invincible, love everyone.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never despair if you have to start at the bottom, not even the sun rises from the top.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Great winds only challenge great trees.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never despise a seed, one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When the sun sets do not despair, hope sits with you in the dark.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo