Top 500 Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes (2025 Update)
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451. “A slave is one who sells his soul to save his life. A master is one who gives his life to save his soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

452. “Success lies behind fear.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

457. “Don’t run with the crowd; fly with the stars.”

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

459. “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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

472. “If you need money to be rich, you will always be poor.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

473. “Love defies the laws of gravity.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

478. “A seed, through patience, increases in value and becomes a tree.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

479. “Intelligence helps you build a ship; wisdom helps you cross the ocean.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

481. “A cactus is a desert’s rose.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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487. “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

488. “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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

491. “Don’t let people draw you into their darkness; pull them into your light.”

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

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493. “It is better to dance in the rain than to freeze in the storm.”

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

495. “Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

496. “Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

497. “If you cast your bait after the fish have passed, you will only catch despair.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

498. “Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

499. “No poison can kill quicker than bitterness; no medicine can heal quicker than gratitude; and no remedy can cure you quicker than love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo