“Watch your enemies. Watch your friends. Watch your acquaintances. Watch everyone.”
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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes
“Lies spread quicker than truth because they have longer legs.”
“Lies quit when they are tired; truth quits when it has won.”
“Don't look for Mrs. Right if all your character demonstrates is you are Mr. Wrong.”
“If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.”
“Define yourself; you have the monopoly on your life’s dictionary.”
“People judge you by your color, God judges you by your deeds.”
“You are the author of your own destiny; write yourself into history books.”
“The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.”
“If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.”
“Good things come to those who wait, but great things come to those who endure.”
“Never envy anyone's gifts, or you will become a prisoner of their success.”
“Never envy someone's gifts or you will become a prisoner of their talents.”
“You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.”
“One note does not make a symphony; one artist does not make an orchestra.”
“True beauty isn't what you put on your face; it’s what you put in people’s hearts.”
“The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.”
“Losing teaches you how to win; winning teaches you how not to lose.”
“Live each day as if it were your last; love each day as if you will live forever.”
“Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.”
“The sweetest fruits grow at the top of a tree so that only those who deserve them can reach them.”
“A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.”
“True freedom is: Doing what you want, when you want, and how you want without having to explain.”
“When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul.”
“If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.”
“The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.”
“If you are rich, you have the whole world. If you are happy, you have the whole universe.”
“A star does not compete with other stars around it; it just shines.”
“Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.”
“If you know who you are, no one can convince you to be who you are not.”
“Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, but warriors wink at them.”
“If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires.”
“If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.”
“Don’t let mediocre people talk you out of your dreams; lions have little in common with sheep.”
“Death offers you thorns, eternity offers you roses, and life offers you both.”
“The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.”