You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Great winds only challenge great trees.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
See life for what it is - a blessing to be lived - rather than what is so often reduced to, a problem to be fixed.
~ Rasheed Ogunlaru
To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never despise a seed, one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When the sun sets do not despair, hope sits with you in the dark.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A warrior is defined by his scars, not his medals.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you count your blessings, count life twice.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Diamonds are formed in pressure, that is why God allows you to go through difficult times.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are beloved; even if you were the last person on earth, the sun would rise for you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
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
When your life is stormy, take a refuge to a port: To music or to literature, in short, to art, to any kind of art!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
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