When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In calm waters you still find sharks.
Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.
Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.
A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.
You were born to shine, don’t ever let anyone steal your light.
Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.
Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.
Don’t use your energy to hate on anyone, use it to create the life you desire.
Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.
Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
Don’t strive to be superior to others, strive to be better than you were yesterday.
Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.
Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.
Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.
Dark times don't create stars, it is at night when what has always been in the star is revealed.
Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.
A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.
If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.
It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.
Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.
Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.
Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.
Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.
The first time you succeed it is chance, the second time it is luck, the third time it is skill, the fourth time it is talent, and the fifth time it is genius.
Symphonies begin with one note, fires with one flame, gardens with one flower, and masterpieces with one stroke.
If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.
Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.
Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.
The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.
Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.
Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor, strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak, possessions don’t help if your soul is empty.
The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
When bitter, say little; when angry, say nothing; when happy, say much; when joyful, say all.
A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.
You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.
Intelligence will teach you how to make a living, wisdom will teach you how to make a life.
Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.
