Guru Quotes Quotes

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 stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Books are a stairway to knowledge, experience is a highway to understanding, together they are an elevator to enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t let people draw you into their darkness, pull them into your light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

True riches belong to those who shun false ones.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

~ 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

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

~ 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

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ 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

Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is a thorough university, pain and hardship are its distinguished professors.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo