Life Quotes And Sayings Quotes

Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is difficult for flowers to hide their beauty, that is why they are always picked first.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t resent the sky for its storms, esteem it for its rainbows.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon, sand is worthless because it is common, be yourself and you will be a diamond.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

And finally we get addicted to our sadness.

~ Avijeet Das

In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo