Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes Quotes - Page 9

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

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Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.

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When love intoxicates your heart, it is difficult for your soul to remain sober.

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As the sky is too big for two stars to clash, the world is big enough for all of us to shine.

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

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

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Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

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The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.

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A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

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Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.

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If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

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

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The greatest gift you can open is your heart to someone in need.

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

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Wisdom paints a rainbow in your mind, joy paints a rainbow in your heart, and love paints a rainbow in your soul.

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The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

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

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

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Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.

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Prayer is the best way to hug those who are far away.

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Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

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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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Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.

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A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

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

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In calm waters you still find sharks.

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Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.

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Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.

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Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.

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Knock on the sky's door, and stars will open it; knock on the universe’s door, and love will open it.

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They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.

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If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.

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A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

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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.

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You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.

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A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.

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You were not born to impress the world, but to impress the universe.

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If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.

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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.

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The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.

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The most underrated warrior in the universe is love.

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

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Danger is opportunity inside out.

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

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Jealousy says, “Compete with each other.” Envy says, “Destroy each other.” Empathy says, “Help each other.” Love says, “Empower each other.

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If you hide honey in the dark, bees will still find it.

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Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.

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In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.

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Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.

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The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

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It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

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A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.

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You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.

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God is not Christian.God is not Muslim.God is not Buddhist.God is love.

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If the sky was the limit, none of our heroes would have reached the moon.

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A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

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Your presence only truly matters to people who feel your absence.

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Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.

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