Life Lessons Quotes Quotes

It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The first time you succeed it is chance, the second time it is luck, the third time it is skill, the fourth time it is talent, and the fifth time it is genius.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor, strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak, possessions don’t help if your soul is empty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

~ 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

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

If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

~ 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

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

A writer of any merit does not worry about being accepted everywhere. He must write to inspire, to change for the better or to challenge the status quo!

~ Avijeet Das

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

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