If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be the calm in someone else’s storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The clearest mirror in the universe is not made of glass, but of a loving soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.
~ 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
The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be so warm that people mistake you for the sun, so bright that people mistake you for the stars, and so accommodating that people mistake you for the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.
~ 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
Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An inch of light can conquer a mile of darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Make your own luck, and then share it with others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun announces its presence with light, not words; do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When your inner light shines your outer world glows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo