Top 500 Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

452. “The world’s deepest place is not the ocean, but the human heart.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

453. “Thinkers are leaders and true leaders are thinkers.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

454. “Truth is like a rose; you have to love it with all of its thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

455. “A fish will never realize its potential until you throw it in water.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

456. “You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

457. “Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

458. “Be yourself; you have nothing more valuable to offer the world than the original you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

459. “You can shoot a million arrows at the sun, but not even one will pierce it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

460. “Success lies behind fear.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

461. “Love is blind, but lust has many eyes.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

462. “If people haven’t walked a mile in your shoes, don’t listen to them if they mock the sores on your feet.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

463. “Your thoughts influence you, your words move others, but it is your deeds that will change the world.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

464. “Chase your dreams and your nightmares will grow tired of chasing you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

465. “You are as the sun; born to rise, even if the world resents you for towering above it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

466. “The most beautiful temple in the universe is your soul; that is why God wants to dwell in it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

467. “Death offers you thorns, eternity offers you roses, and life offers you both.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

468. “If your eyes are the window to your soul, your smile is the gateway to my universe.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

469. “When there is no peace in your soul there is no peace in your heart, when there is no peace in your heart there is no peace in your mind, when there is no peace in your mind there is no peace in your life, and when there is no peace in your life there is no peace in your world.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

470. “Knowledge without wisdom is like a lion without teeth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

471. “Reality is the ocean, knowledge is the ship, wisdom is the captain, and ignorance is the storm.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

472. “Love heals, even when you are angry; hate harms, even when you are happy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

473. “Respect your haters; they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

474. “You live for those you carry in your heart, but would only die for those you carry in your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

475. “A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

476. “When surrounded by darkness your only duty is to shine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

477. “God will only push you off a cliff if He’s going to give you wings to fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

478. “You climb mountains with your feet, but can only move them with your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

479. “To be a good student teach. To be a great master learn.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

480. “If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

481. “It is only in deep waters that a fish knows how strong it is.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

483. “Love defies the laws of gravity.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

484. “Valid questions are better than invalid assumptions.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

485. “When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

486. “When you are ahead of your time, it is inevitable you will anger some people for leaving them behind.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

487. “One who sharpens his sword before sharpening his mind has already been conquered by ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

488. “You can run out of luck, but never run out of God.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

489. “Become braver, stronger, wiser, kinder, and you will become better.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

490. “A cactus is a desert’s rose.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

491. “The highest form of intelligence is wisdom; the highest form of wisdom is love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

492. “Never let temporary darkness rob you of permanent light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

493. “The real strength of a man is not in the size of his muscles, but in the size of his heart.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

494. “Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

495. “The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

497. “A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

498. “If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

499. “A man who fears a woman’s strength is weak; a boy who embraces a woman’s power is strong.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

500. “A fierce wolf is greater than a cowardly lion.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo