If size really mattered, a match wouldn’t be able to set a forest on fire.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart.Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun consumes even itself to give light to a dark world, do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it, it creates beautiful waves instead.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower always turns its face to light, be likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose does not need to boast of what the whole world already knows, its beauty.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignorance hides in darkness, wisdom hides in light.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The body is an outstanding source of strength, the mind an incredible source of intelligence, the heart an uncommon source of might, and the soul a remarkable source of power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind is a reservoir of potential, your heart an ocean of strength, your soul a well of talents, and your body a vessel of power.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A single star shines brighter than a thousand moons.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.
~ Germany Kent
To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you'll get through it.
~ Germany Kent
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The purpose of education should ultimately be the advancement of the species. And for this to actually happen, the world needs the kind of education by means of which character is formed, strength of the mind is increased and the human intellect is expanded beyond its own limits.
~ Abhijit Naskar