“Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.”
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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes
“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.”
“Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.”
“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 your thoughts are higher than your problems, you can fly above them.”
“If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.”
“Use the dirt life throws at you to plant the seeds of your success.”
“If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.”
“Conquer your vices. Exploit your virtues. Release your vices. Embrace your higher self.”
“Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.”
“A river does not go looking for water; water comes looking for it instead.”
“Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.”
“You are like a seed; your greater beauty lies not on the outside, but within.”
“A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.”
“Don’t strive to be superior to others; strive to be better than you were yesterday.”
“Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.”
“If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.”
“When excellence becomes a habit, success becomes a lifestyle.”
“Don’t expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands.”
“A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.”
“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”
“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.”
“As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.”
“Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.”
“It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.”
“Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.”
“Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.”
“Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark.”