Quotes from Matshona Dhliwayo

An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.

If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned.

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

Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet.

Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.

Wealth won't make you happy. Power won't make you remarkable. Fame won't make you honorable. Education won't make you wise.

If there are many thorns in your life, it is because you are a rose.

Be slow to teach, and quick to learn. Avoid impious people, run from fools, and seek out the wise.

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

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

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

A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn't be able to make even a single drop of honey.

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

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

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

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

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.

Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.

To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor.

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.

If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.

A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.