Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You were born to shine, don’t ever let anyone steal your light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t use your energy to hate on anyone, use it to create the life you desire.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.

~ 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

Don’t strive to be superior to others, strive to be better than you were yesterday.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Dark times don't create stars, it is at night when what has always been in the star is revealed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The first time you succeed it is chance, the second time it is luck, the third time it is skill, the fourth time it is talent, and the fifth time it is genius.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Symphonies begin with one note, fires with one flame, gardens with one flower, and masterpieces with one stroke.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor, strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak, possessions don’t help if your soul is empty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When bitter, say little; when angry, say nothing; when happy, say much; when joyful, say all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

~ 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

You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Destiny is like a train with no brakes, unstoppable.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence will teach you how to make a living, wisdom will teach you how to make a life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo