“You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down.”
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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes
“The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.”
“My eleventh commandment is to make sure I follow the first ten.”
“One soulmate is enough to overcome ten thousand soul enemies.”
“An intelligent man only argues with his wife when she has lost her voice.”
“Truth has no wings, but is an angel. Lies have no horns, but are devils.”
“You can only pour into a cup when it is empty, and can only pour out of a jar when it is full.”
“The only job of a student is to become greater than his master.”
“A student is never too young to be wise, and a teacher is never too old to be foolish.”
“The world is your audience, even if you only have one disciple.”
“Read as if you'll live forever. Teach as if you'll die today.”
“The master's view from the valley is greater than the student's view from the mountaintop.”
“Scholars are the world's candles, sages are the universe's stars.”
“A master sees more than his students, even when his eyes are closed.”
“A master with one disciple is greater than a charlatan with a million.”
“I would rather teach one child at home than lead ten thousand armies on the battlefield.”
“The only way you can make sure you always have good luck is to always do good.”
“If you want to be rich, fit in; but if you want to be filthy rich, stand out.”
“If you gain the whole world but lose your soul, you are poor.”
“If you are rich, you have the whole world. If you are happy, you have the whole universe.”
“A star does not compete with other stars around it; it just shines.”
“Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.”
“If you know who you are, no one can convince you to be who you are not.”
“Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them.”
“God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.”
“If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires.”
“If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.”