One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A good strategy of life is obvious: When the right path is found, it must be walked no matter how hard it is and the precious target this path destined to must be arrived at by defeating every difficulty encountered!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be so warm that people mistake you for the sun, so bright that people mistake you for the stars, and so accommodating that people mistake you for the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from seeds, even after falling to the ground they muster enough strength to rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Books are a stairway to knowledge, experience is a highway to understanding, together they are an elevator to enlightenment.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo