When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.
~ 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
Life is a thorough university, pain and hardship are its distinguished professors.
~ 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
If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Soulmates don’t choose each other, fate chooses them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t marry the most beautiful woman in the world, marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Whether the glass is half empty or half full, you have the power to fill it up.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo