Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your wife is smarter than you; know this, and you will live happily ever after.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Falling in love is not the problem, hitting your head on the way down is.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Understanding is the bridge between two minds, love is the bridge between two souls.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Live each day as if it were your last, love each day as if you will live forever.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Take all men as your brothers, all women as your sisters, and all children as your sons and daughters.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet.
~ Ken Poirot
One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star doesn’t have to announce its arrival, it just shows up and shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn’t mean you have to join the circus.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An inch of light can conquer a mile of darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Respect your haters, they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Make your own luck, and then share it with others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that God sometimes packages miracles in small things.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never mock a cub, one day it will become a lion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo