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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

“Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.”

“Conquer your vices. Exploit your virtues. Release your vices. Embrace your higher self.”

“Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.”

“You are like a seed; your greater beauty lies not on the outside, but within.”

“Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.”

“Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.”

“Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it.”

“A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.”

“A bird that does not break out of its shell will die in its egg.”

“If a flower perseveres through concrete, you can persevere through anything.”

“A bird does not achieve its highest potential inside its shell.”

“Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.”

“A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.”

“Don't run with the crowd; fly with the stars.”

“Don’t strive to be superior to others; strive to be better than you were yesterday.”

“In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.”

“Today's tears are an investment into tomorrow's smiles.”

“Roses do not bloom the same time as daisies.”

“You are an artist; your life is your masterpiece.”

“Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.”

“If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.”

“Storms pass by on their way to get all the colors needed to paint your rainbow.”

“Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.”

“If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.”

“When excellence becomes a habit, success becomes a lifestyle.”

“If you water your dreams with excellence, success will grow.”

“Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.”

“Don’t expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands.”

“Because failure works double time, to get success, work triple time.”

“A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure.”

“The higher you rise above your fears the higher you will rise above your peers.”

“A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.”

“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.”

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

“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.”