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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

“Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.”

“Take all men as your brothers; all women as your sisters; and all children as your sons and daughters.”

“A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.”

“Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.”

“I prefer male enemies to female ones; I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.”

“There are many fish in the sea, but never let a good one swim away.”

“Get high on love, not drugs.”

“Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul.”

“Books are a stairway to knowledge; experience is a highway to understanding; together they are an elevator to enlightenment.”

“Persevere like a seed; even when people try to bury you, flourish.”

“Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.”

“Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.”

“Love fights with a kiss; hate fights with a fist.”

“Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky.”

“Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.”

“Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.”

“Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.”

“Love is a hook; the moment a man swallows it, a woman knows she has him forever.”

“Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.”

“Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.”

“Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.”

“Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.”

“The world’s most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife.”

“Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.”

“If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.”

“Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

“Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.”