Negative thoughts have dirty feet, don’t let even the least of them set foot in your mind.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star does not need words to tell the world what it can do, it just shines.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop, wisdom will take you to the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Count your smiles, not your frowns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When excellence becomes a habit, success becomes a lifestyle.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Reach for the stars, not your fears.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In storms look for rainbows, in sunshine prepare for storms.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Family is the only why of life
~ Bangambiki Habyarimana
Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over
~ Bangambiki Habyarimana
Part of the journey in life is slipping and falling along the way, in these times true friends are the ones who pick you up and dust you off.
~ Ken Poirot
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