Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The most important key to bettering yourself - is just that yourself - (g swiss)
~ G Swiss
When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never let the world take your smile, all it will give you in return is a frown.
~ 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
Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I thank God every day for this life, and I want there to be more, though that’s not known. What is known is that I’m alive today, this minute. And that’s pretty much what we all have – this day, this moment.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
We all die. Not all of us live.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
A long walk is a slow remembering of how profound and wonderful life is, God is everywhere and in everything. Wherever I look I am looking at God.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
I am fighting to stay alive not because I fear death, but because I love life.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
Acceptance of death and cancer did not mean I intended to give up, just the opposite. I was prepared to fight cancer not out of fear of dying, but out of joy of living.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
Through the Grace of God and His medicine I am healed.” The prayer was accompanied by a vision straight out of Braveheart, a line of Scottish Highland warriors in kilts with huge shields and long spears marching in brave unison and attacking and killing the cancer. They were advancing, towards the cancer, striking and killing it with strong accurate thrusts from their sharp spears. The vision was so strong I could hear marching feet, and visibly see the cancer in me dying. “Through the Grace of God and His medicine I am healed,” became my constant prayer. The prayer awakened with me each day, coming on the wings of the morning. It followed in my heart through the day, and was on my lips as I drifted to sleep at night.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
When I put down Lance Armstrong’s book, I understood something profoundly. Edie, if you can move, you’re not sick. I decided right then and there that no matter what cancer did to me I would continue to move. Movement was what the physical body was designed to do; it was how it coped and functioned. Movement was vitality. It was life.I would move. Always. No matter what. Until my last breath, I would move.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
I came to realize we are held in the arms of God and are utterly completely safe - in life and in death, whether walking alone or with others.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
I walk to rid myself of the terror of cancer, and to overcome the fear of it coming back. The fear may never completely fade, but actively engaging life – whatever that may involve – reminds me of the joy each day can bring.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
I love to walk. Walking is a spiritual journey and a reflection of living. Each of us must determine which path to take and how far to walk; we must find our own way, what is right for one may not be for another. There is no single right way to deal with late stage cancer, to live life or approach death, or to walk an old mission trail.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to be happy now, love now; if you want to be happy later, love later; but if you want to be happy always, love always.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and you will be infinitely happy.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A smile is worth dozens of words, but a kiss is worth a thousand.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
This story is not about avoiding death, but living life.
~ Edie Littlefield Sundby
When love writes a letter, joy is its ink.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you put all of your eggs in love’s basket, joy will hatch.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Being married is effortless, being happily married takes work.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo