Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes - Page 5

Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you wings to fly.
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Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.
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The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
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When bitter, say little; when angry, say nothing; when happy, say much; when joyful, say all.
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Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.
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Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.
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It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
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Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.
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If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.
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It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.
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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.
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Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.
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A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.
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The distance between two minds is understanding.
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A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.
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At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.
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I attended the University of Earth, and earned my P.H.D in life from the school of hardship.
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If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.
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Beautiful gifts sometimes come wrapped in ugly paper.
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The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.
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When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.
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The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.
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Love knows the way because love is the way.
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If you blame gravity for falling in love, even God has the right to laugh at you.
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What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.
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A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
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If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.
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Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.
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The only place you will find love before sacrifice is in the dictionary.
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If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.
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If men could be bought like clothes at an outlet, only then would women always get what they bargained for.
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If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
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As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.
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Be calm when your wife yells at you, calmer when she chastens you, but be terrified when she ignores you.
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Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.
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I miss you,” is how she entices you.“I want you,” is how she charms you.“I need you,” is how she entraps you.“I love you,” is how she imprisons you.
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Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.
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The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.
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Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.
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Love conquers the body by embracing it,conquers the mind by massaging it,conquers the heart by kissing it,and conquers the soul by marrying it.
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Learn from the sun; it is warm to everyone, and is therefore never in short supply of those who adore it.
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If you kiss her cheeks, she is your friend; if you kiss her lips, she is your lover; if you kiss her heart, she is your soul mate.
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If you are sad, love will make you happy; afraid, love will make you brave; weak, love will make you strong; and broken, love will make you whole.
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Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.
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Dear fear, I’m divorcing you. Dear courage, I’m courting you. Dear hope, I’m pursuing you. Dear love, I’m marrying you.
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Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.
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Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.
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Lust promises you the world, and disappoints. Love promises you the universe, and delivers.
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Jealousy says, “Compete with each other.” Envy says, “Destroy each other.” Empathy says, “Help each other.” Love says, “Empower each other.
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A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.
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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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Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.
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When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.
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The world’s most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife.
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Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.
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When two souls are one, they hear each other, even in silence.
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The blind can see love, the deaf can hear love, the mute can express love, and the disabled can carry love.
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Learn, because life is ahead of you. Live, because death is before you. Listen, because wisdom is all around you. Love, because God is inside of you.
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To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.
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Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.
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