Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.

It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.

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

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

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

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

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.

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

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.

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