Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

When life’s great storms come, the weak sink, the cowardly jump ship, the strong drop an anchor, the mighty adjust their sails, and the great sail on to their destiny.

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.

If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name.

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.

Words let you know what is in someone’s mind, deeds let you know what is in someone’s heart, and character lets you know what is in someone’s soul.

To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.

If your present thoughts do not lift you higher than your previous ones, rid yourself of them.

True riches belong to those who shun false ones.

A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.

Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it.

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want.

If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.

You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.

Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.