Life Lesson Quotes Quotes

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The world is full of angels; if you can’t find one, be one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest universe is not somewhere out there, but inside of yourself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Time crawls when you are bored, walks when you are occupied, runs when you are busy, but flies when you are having fun.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest gift life can give you today is the promise of tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.

~ 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

A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from seeds, even after falling to the ground they muster enough strength to rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo