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
You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.
~ 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
Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Listen to your mind, it thinks. Hear your heart, it speaks. Hearken to your soul, it knows.
~ 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
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
In a second you can change your mind, in a minute you can change your heart, in an hour you can change your life, and in a day you can change your destiny.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence.
~ 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
When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how low the sun sets, the time is coming when it will surely rise.
~ 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
Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are what you think, you become what you believe, you turn out to be what you have always been.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The body is an outstanding source of strength, the mind an incredible source of intelligence, the heart an uncommon source of might, and the soul a remarkable source of power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind is a reservoir of potential, your heart an ocean of strength, your soul a well of talents, and your body a vessel of power.
~ 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
Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo