Life Quotes - Page 21

It’s a strange feeling when you realise that you have become a passive bystander, watching the quirks of your own fate with an icy indifference.

A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.

Matshona Dhliwayo

You will not get chances all the time, so don't miss any chance if you feel that it can hold you at the right place that you deserve.

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Do you want to resolve a conflict successfully? Don't wait, start a conversation.

A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.

Matshona Dhliwayo

No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Concerning mistakes, follow three simple rules. Firstly, correct a mistake that you made whenever it is possible. Secondly, don't repeat the same mistakes. Thirdly, learn from past mistakes.

Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others.

The next generation should embrace their struggles. A butterfly develops only after a struggle to break free from its cocoon. A diamond can only emerge after taking in all the pressure that it can. Struggle hard and never ever give up! You are born to be a Hero.

Older people sometimes talk about the good old days when life was better. In fact, they talk nostalgically about their own youth that was irretrievably gone. The past century has made enormous progress in all fields. The standard of living, work environment, health care quality and mobility, and the availability of cultural programs, recreational activities and information – all that clearly speaks in favor of nowadays.

When good things are on the horizon you keep walking towards the sun.

Curtis Tyrone Jones

My life had become a puzzle - its pieces scattered about like paper in the wind, with no one there to chase them but me.

Meredith T. Taylor

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Some people come drifting into our skies carrying hope just as the clouds drift into the deserts!

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.

Matshona Dhliwayo

For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

New International Version Bible

One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

Matshona Dhliwayo

College life is different, entirely different like you don't have to get ready and wear that red and crisp blue school uniform and look alike every day. Free to define ourselves with statement attire. Good thing.

The immense success of our life, is I think, that our treasure is hid away; or rather in such common things that nothing can touch it.

Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you suffer lingering doubts; if the consolation you cling to is ‘it will probably be okay,’ then run the other way because what you’re contemplating is not a good choice.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Isolate the changes necessary to bring about the life you most desire.

Love is a strange feeling indeed, a feeling that every person must experience at least once in his or her life. A feeling that makes us feel one with God!

I love the smell of coffee when I wake up in the morning. It gives me the awesome feeling of hope!

Take a deep breath and pause for one minute without doing anything! There did you feel the magic?

Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

I love death because life hates me.

Luffina Lourduraj

A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

The fakirs always throng the sea-shoreTo find meaning in the chaosAnd then they too become melancholyFeeling nothing but their naked toes.

The night is the balm for the wounded soul!

You resting your head tenderly on my shoulders while we sit below the old Oak tree. And we smile at each other and gaze lovingly at the fascinating sunset over the hills. This moment makes me feel completely alive as if we have reached not just cloud nine or ten but also cloud infinity!

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The night is the balm for the wounded souls of the world.

The unkind words that we said and the unkind deeds that we did will haunt us one day!

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.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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