Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes Quotes - Page 7

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

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If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

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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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The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.

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

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You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

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Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

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Talent is like a little seed; when nurtured, it will flourish.

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Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

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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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A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.

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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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A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

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Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

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Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.

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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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If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.

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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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Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

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The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

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It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

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Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

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Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

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Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.

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Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.

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A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

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

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

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Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

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Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.

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Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

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The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.

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The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone.

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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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In calm waters you still find sharks.

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Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.

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It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.

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A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.

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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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In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.

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At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.

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Lies spread quicker than truth because they have longer legs.

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Life is the song you dance to when reality sings.

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Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.

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If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.

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When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands.

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The past only dies so the future can live.

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In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.

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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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Don't water anything that you don't want to grow in your life.

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No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.

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When turbulence hits your sails remind yourself it is an opportunity to get to the shore quicker.

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