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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

“Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.”

“A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.”

“When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.”

“Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.”

“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”

“The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.”

“If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.”

“The blind can see love, the deaf can hear love, the mute can express love, and the disabled can carry love.”

“A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.”

“If a woman laughs when you hurt her, you ought to cry, for you have lost her; if she cries, you may laugh, for you have a worthy soulmate.”

“There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.”

“The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.”

“Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.”

“Do as love says; do as love does.”

“See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does.”

“The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.”

“The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.”

“The first time you succeed it is chance; the second time it is luck; the third time it is skill; the fourth time it is talent; and the fifth time it is genius.”

“The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.”

“Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break.”

“Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.”

“Step up your game and success will step up to you.”

“An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.”

“On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.”

“Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight; wisdom swings it wide open.”

“A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.”

“When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them.”

“Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.”

“If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.”

“If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.”

“Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.”

“Hope is a better friend than despair.”

“You are a seed; that is why God plants you in adversity when He wants you to grow.”

“Use the dirt life throws at you to plant the seeds of your success.”

“The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.”

“If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.”