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
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
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
In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be the calm in someone else’s storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star doesn’t need words to tell the world what it does, it just shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it, which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.
~ Germany Kent
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.
~ Kilroy J. Oldster
If it doesn't agree with your spirit let it go.
~ Germany Kent
There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause. And it is all because people never attempt to reach the fountain-head. They are content only to comply with the customs of their forefathers, and want others to do the same.
~ Abhijit Naskar
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo