Guru Quotes Quotes

If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

What you conquer in your soul you conquer in your world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart.Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When you look into the mirror, you can’t even see your heart; but when God looks at your shadow, He sees your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sun consumes even itself to give light to a dark world, do likewise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it, it creates beautiful waves instead.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower always turns its face to light, be likewise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not need to boast of what the whole world already knows, its beauty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are an original masterpiece, imitating someone else diminishes your value.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rain is just God weeping for Earth’s troubles.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most beautiful eyes haven’t been seen yet, the most beautiful tongue hasn’t been heard yet, the most beautiful hands haven’t been held yet, the most beautiful mind hasn’t been understood yet, the most beautiful heart hasn’t been felt yet, and the most beautiful life hasn’t been lived yet.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind is the key, the heart is the door, the soul is corridor, the universe is the destination.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance hides in darkness, wisdom hides in light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Light another’s path and the universe will light your own.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If your thoughts are higher than your problems, you can fly above them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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