A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.
Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.
Ask for a fish, and you only get one; ask for a net, and you can catch dozens.
If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.
A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.
A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.
A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.
If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.
A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.
Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open.
A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.
Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.
Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.
A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.
Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns.
Don't burn your bridges until you build better ones.
Money is the most beautiful woman in the world;even when old and wrinkled, men are head-over-heals in love with her.
~ Matshona Dhiliwayo
It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.
Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.
If you push your luck too hard, fortune's muscles might tear.
Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.
Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul.
Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life.
Follow your heart only if it has your mind's feet.
If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.
A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener’s enemy.
You don't throw a compass overboard because the ocean is calm.
Walking towards love is wiser than falling into it.
An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.
Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.
A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.
A large vessel will never fill up no matter how small the leak is.
Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.
You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.
Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow.
Roses do not bloom the same time as daisies.
Love is the most beautiful flower in the garden of life.
A drop of sense can save you an ocean of tears.
Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.
