Yes, a person can accept your apology and forgive you for what you’ve said, but they will never forget how you made them feel at that very moment. Words can stick in a person’s mind, heart, and spirit long after the words have been spoken. Don’t be in denial; words have GREAT power. Be wise when you speak!
~ Stephanie Lahart
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
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all.
~ Rasheed Ogunlaru
Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality.
~ Germany Kent
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming to have what you have.
~ Germany Kent
Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
For me I see the world as one big nation, where everyone in it is a citizen, so it is our responsibility to make it better.
~ Nurudeen Ushawu