Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your first teacher is your mother, the second is people, the third is life, and the fourth is God.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo