Life Lessons Quotations Quotes

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

Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.

~ 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

Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Books are a stairway to knowledge, experience is a highway to understanding, together they are an elevator to enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo