Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes Quotes

“It is only during a storm that a tree knows how strong it is.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world is already full of critics; to stand out, be an encourager.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world can break your heart but never allow it to wound your soul.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it; which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When you cannot move a mountain, it is only because you were meant to climb it.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If everyone decided to forgive at least one person who hurt them by the end of the year, the world would be filled with people exchanging hugs and kisses, instead of words and bullets.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn from stars; even in the dark they give off light, not despair.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you throw ice at the sun, it will melt; if you throw spears, they will burn; and if you throw bricks, they will crumble. The sun is invincible; all that comes before it is consumed.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Throwing dirt on a seed only increases its value.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When they fail to kill your genius, they try to assassinate your character.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“As a child, you were a cub; as a youth, you were a fox; as an adult, you were a lion; but as an elder, you became an owl.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world may be responsible for pushing you down, but you are responsible for pulling yourself up.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The storm is what they threw at me, the hurricane is what I became.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When surrounded by darkness your only duty is to shine.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Become braver, stronger, wiser, kinder, and you will become better.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“What you do doesn't frighten your enemies as much as what you are.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If people are trying to pull you down, it is proof that you are above them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Faith is stronger than a stone. Joy is taller than a mountain. Love is wider than an ocean.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The 7 Secrets of Overcoming Your Haters

1. Identify your haters.
2. Study your haters.
3. Understand your haters.
4. Confront your haters.
5. Admonish your haters.
6. Avoid your haters.
7. Ignore your haters.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Work while they talk, strive while they mock, persevere while they jeer, succeed while they hate.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The most important person you meet in life is your higher self.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn as much as you can. Love as much as you should.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Children are the world's treasure.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind has greater power than a computer.
The heart has greater power than an engine.
The soul has greater power than a reactor.
The tongue has greater power than a sword.
The eye has greater power than a camera.
The ear has greater power than a recorder.

The feet are a greater invention than the car.
The hands are a greater invention than the carriage.
The nose is a greater invention than the vacuum.
The mouth is a greater invention than the megaphone.
The stomach is a greater invention than the refrigerator.
The skin is a greater invention than clothes.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to seek light than to give into darkness.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“You can drop out of school but you cannot drop out of life.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It doesn’t cost much to hate,
but it costs you everything to love.
It doesn’t cost much to fall,
but it costs you everything to rise.
It doesn’t cost much to doubt,
but it costs you everything to believe.
It doesn’t cost much to forget,
but it costs you everything to remember.
It doesn’t cost much to take,
but it costs you everything to give.
It doesn’t cost much to create,
but it costs you everything to destroy.
It doesn’t cost much to seek,
but it costs you everything to find.
It doesn’t cost much to command,
but it costs you everything to obey.
It doesn’t cost much to destroy,
but it costs you everything to build.
It doesn’t cost much to hinder,
but it costs you everything to help.
It doesn’t cost much to harm,
but it costs you everything to heal.
It doesn’t cost much to revenge,
but it costs you everything to forgive.
It doesn’t cost much to condenm,
but it costs you everything to sympathize.
It doesn’t cost much to assume,
but it costs you everything to prove.
It doesn’t cost much to ignore,
but it costs you everything to understand.
It doesn’t cost much to despise,
but it costs you everything to honor.
It doesn’t cost much to blame,
but it costs you everything to praise.
It doesn’t cost much to denounce,
but it costs you everything to appluad.
It doesn’t cost much to rest,
but it costs you everything to work.
It doesn’t cost much to surrender,
but it costs you everything to conquer.
It doesn’t cost much to lose,
but it costs you everything to win.
It doesn’t cost much to fail,
but it costs you everything to succeed.
It doesn’t cost much to rest,
but it costs you everything to work.
It doesn’t cost much to die,
but it costs you everything to live.
It doesn’t cost much to sit,
but it costs you everything to stand.
It doesn’t cost much to walk,
but it costs you everything to run.
It doesn’t cost much to jog,
but it costs you everything to soar.
It doesn’t cost much to follow,
but it costs you everything to lead.
It doesn’t cost much to give up,
but it costs you everything to persevere.”
― matshona dhliwayo

“It is death that makes life precious,
darkness that makes light precious,
dirt that makes flowers precious,
storms that make rainbows precious,
pain that makes pleasure precious,
chaos that makes harmony precious,
space that makes matter precious,
clutter that makes orderliness precious,
chance that makes certainty precious,
eternity that makes time precious,
truth that makes reality precious,
silence that makes speech precious,
rest that makes motion precious,
opinions that make facts precious,
strife that makes peace precious,
curiosity that makes knowledge precious,
suspicion that makes evidence precious,
fear that makes caution precious,
slavery that makes freedom precious,
oblivion that makes existence precious,
yesterday that makes tomorrow precious,
and tomorrow that makes forever precious.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The riper a tree's fruit, the more stones people cast at it.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo