When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
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.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To see a man’s true colors, tell him you’re saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman’s true colors, tell her you’re poor.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are poor and go without food and clothes, don't hope for wealth in paradise, you are already forsaken
~ Bangambiki Habyarimana
Rich just needs a more expensive shoe, but poor just needs a shoe!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan