Quotessence
Home / Authors / Matshona Dhliwayo

Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

“Negative thoughts prevent mindfulness. Negative desires hinder happiness. Negative habits counter excellence. Negative people disturb peacefulness. Positive thoughts foster brilliance. Positive desires promote joyfulness. Positive habits encourage blessedness. Positive people inspire transcendence.”

“I have a small mind, but big goals. I have a small heart, but big ambitions. I have a small soul, but big dreams. I have small eyes, but a big vision. I have small ears, but big understanding. I have small hands, but big reach. I have a small tongue, but a big opinion. I have a small nose, but a big sense. I have a small mouth, but a big lecture. I have a small message, but a big audience. I have a small title, but a big education. I have a small purse, but a big gift. I have a small lesson, but a big classroom. I have a small resume, but a big accomplishment. I have a small company, but a big project. I have a small budget, but a big profit. I have a small team, but a big success. I have a small reputation, but a big destiny.”

“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.”

“Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.”

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

“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.”

“A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.”

“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”

“The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.”

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

“Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring.”

“Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful.”

“If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.”

“It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.”

“Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.”

“A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.”

“Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.”

“Your father you esteem. Your mother you pamper. Your relatives you regard. Your friends you value. Your neighbors you respect. Your enemies you pardon.”

“Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.”

“It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.”

“Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.”

“The mind speaks, though it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.”

“When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.”

“Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.”

“To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.”