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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

“Love is my favorite drug; I overdose on it regularly.”

“Women are the best thieves you will ever meet; they steal your heart and your last name, but never get to spend the night in jail.”

“Be calm on your wedding day; she won’t kill you in front of a hundred people, no matter what you've done.”

“A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.”

“When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.”

“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”

“A seed today is a forest tomorrow.”

“The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.”

“Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.”

“If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish.”

“A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.”

“Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring.”

“You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.”

“If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.”

“At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.”

“Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful.”

“A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.”

“If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.”

“A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.”

“As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.”

“If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man.”

“Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.”

“Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.”