Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes Quotes

The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.

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As the sky is too big for two stars to clash, the world is big enough for all of us to shine.

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The first professor you meet in life is your mother; the second is hardship, and the last is death.

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Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.

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Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.

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Light in your soul kindles the light in your world.

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If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.

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

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

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

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If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

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If you can’t move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.

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Knock on the sky's door, and stars will open it; knock on the universe’s door, and love will open it.

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The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

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The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.

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A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

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Love has two rules: the first one is love, and the second one is love some more.

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When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.

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A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

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A dog barks, but a lion strikes.

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You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.

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The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.

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

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It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

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Light is all a flower longs for, even when surrounded with priceless jewels.

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First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.

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What others think of you doesn't matter as much as what you think of yourself.

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Don't wound someone's eye trying to remove the twig from it.

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The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.

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A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

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If our eyes could see everything, every man would see his own faults.

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In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light.

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It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.

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Storms come to teach trees and plants how to dance in the wind.

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If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.

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Brilliance is the masterpiece of your mind. Excellence is the masterpiece of your heart. Genius is the masterpiece of your soul.

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If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

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

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A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.

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One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

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The distance between two minds is understanding.

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When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

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You don’t have to swim when you know how to walk on water.

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If you feed a child, you strengthen him for a day; if you educate him, you strengthen him for a lifetime.

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No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

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In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.

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It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

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God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.

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The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.

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A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.

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The prettiest flower still had to struggle to surface.

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When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.

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Genius is talent set on fire.

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Have the mind of a swam, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swam, and the soul of a dove.

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Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.

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Experience is a collection of our successes and failures.

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Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles.

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What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

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Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

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Life is the song you dance to when reality sings.

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