Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.

Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.

If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.

To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.

Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.

A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.

The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky.

Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.

If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.

If you have a dream no one else can see, a reward awaits you that no one else can have.

If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.