Top 500 Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Knowledge is wealth, wisdom is treasure, understanding is riches, and ignorance is poverty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

2. “Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

3. “Elevate your mind to elevate your world.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

4. “You were born to shine; don’t ever let anyone steal your light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

5. “Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible; they shine brighter.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

6. “Talk is cheap. Silence is costly. Action is priceless.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

7. “If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

8. “A garden’s beauty never lies in one flower.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

9. “A seed neither fears light nor darkness, but uses both to grow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

10. “You are not one in a million, you are one in 7.7 billion.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

11. “A champion is one who is remembered. A legend is one who is never forgotten.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

12. “Don’t strive to be superior to others; strive to be better than you were yesterday.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

13. “Small steps add up to complete big journeys.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

14. “True wisdom is like an ocean; the deeper you go the greater the treasures you’ll find.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

15. “Create your own happiness, no one else can create it for you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

16. “Good things come to those who wait, but great things come to those who endure.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

17. “If you don’t fight for your rights, you won’t be able to help others fight for their own.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

18. “Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

19. “If you want to shine like a diamond, be prepared to handle pressure like one.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

20. “Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

21. “If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

22. “The color of your soul is more important than the color of your skin.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

23. “The potential within you is greater than the obstacles around you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

24. “The best way to overcome your weaknesses is to turn them into strengths.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

25. “A star does not compete with other stars around it; it just shines.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

26. “The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

27. “Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

28. “Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

29. “You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

30. “The ordinary think inside of the box, the extraordinary think outside of the box, but genius thinks inside, outside, below and above the box.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

31. “If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

32. “Your soul is your paintbrush, your world is your canvass, your life is your masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

33. “Women are like shadows; when you chase them, they run from you; when you run from them, they chase you.”

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34. “Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

35. “Winter is copper, autumn is bronze, spring is silver, and summer is gold.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

36. “Being a master of one thing is better than being a student of many.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

37. “Choose love over hate, joy over sorrow, courage over fear, and hope over despair.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

38. “Learn from seeds; they don’t die when you throw dirt at them; they grow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

39. “You are what you wear, therefore wear what you are.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

40. “Intelligence is a gift. Understanding is a prize. Wisdom is a blessing. Enlightenment is your reward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

41. “To see truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual eyes. To hear truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual ears. To understand truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual mind. To embrace truth, you sometimes have to open your spiritual heart. To live truth, you always have to open your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

42. “Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

43. “On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

44. “The bigger the problem the greater the reward when you solve it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

45. “The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

46. “Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

47. “Do what no one else can do and you will become what no one else can become.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

48. “Pain is a better teacher than pleasure.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

49. “To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

50. “Dance to the beat of your own drum; whether the world likes your rhythmic movements or not.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo