Quotes from Matshona Dhliwayo

Why weep when it takes less energy to laugh? Why frown when it takes less energy to smile? Why despair when it takes less energy to hope? Why fear when it takes less energy to love?

Have gracious thoughts of your neighbors, kind thoughts of your friends, loving thoughts of your family, and humble thoughts of yourself.

Coat your words with honey if you want to catch bees.

The best way to catch a bee is using its own honey.

No matter how much territory the wolf conquers the lion will still rule the jungle.

Gray hairs signify old age, not wisdom.Muscles signify strength, not health.Laughter signifies amusement, not joy.Weeping signifies pain, not weakness.Smiling signifies courteousness, not love.

What you were is yesterday.What you are is now.What you can be is tomorrow.What you decide to be is today.

Slaves of wisdom are masters of many.

It is impossible for a man to outpace his shadow.

Wind has no feet, but travels great distances, and has no hands, but carries great objects.

A slap from an angel will make you wiserthan a kiss from the devil.

Think much, say little, do much.

Elders in the dark see better than children in the light.

If you invite a snake into your home, do not be surprised if it bites you.

When the tables are turned, whoever was full becomes hungry.

He who teaches you how to tend a garden has given you more than he who has given you a hundred roses.

Water has no hands, but carries great ships.Air has no shoulders, but carries large planes.The Sun has no eyes, but finds its way around the universe.

It is possible to draw a straight line with a crooked pencil.

A rose does not cease to be a flower because it lost one petal.

Turn your frowns into smiles, your tears into laughter, your weaknesses into strengths, your setbacks into opportunities, and your failures into victories.

A little drop each day eventually fills the sea.

Water is not frightened of the ocean. Light is not frightened of the Sun.

The sun that warms is also the sun that burns.

You cannot cross large rivers without building bridges.