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
It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The lightest weight anyone can carry on life’s journey is hope.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo