Quotes from Matshona Dhliwayo

Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.

Lust makes you weak, passion makes you strong, love makes you brave, and heartache makes you wise.

The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.

Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions.

Love knows the way because love is the way.

The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.

One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.

When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

If a man could outpace his shadow, he would still find it waiting for him at the finishing line.

One fish in your net is better than a thousand in the ocean.

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.

Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow.

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst.

The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.

A tree's beauty lies in its branches, but its strength lies in its roots.

An original pebble is better than a counterfeit diamond.

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

When sheep grow blind, it is only wolves that rejoice.

If you place two flowers in the same vase, they will not argue over who is more beautiful.

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.