You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Destiny is like a train with no brakes, unstoppable.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Intelligence tells you where to look, wisdom tells you what to see.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your first teacher is your mother, the second is people, the third is life, and the fourth is God.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The lightest weight anyone can carry on life’s journey is hope.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo