A bird that does not break out of its shell will die in its egg.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fortune hides behind action.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird does not achieve its highest potential inside its shell.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are an artist, your life is your masterpiece.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
We only fall on our face to learn how to rise on our feet.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The life you wish you had will come by working like you never have.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Some birds learn how to fly only after falling off of a cliff.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To see a man’s true colors, tell him you’re saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman’s true colors, tell her you’re poor.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You don’t have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near, it has been preparing for it all of its life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ask for a fish, and you only get one; ask for a net, and you can catch dozens.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo