Top 500 Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “To be blind momentarily when light hits your eyes is better than to be blind permanently when darkness hits your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

352. “There is a seed inside of every tree and a tree inside of every seed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

353. “Knowledge is better than silver, wisdom is better than gold.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

354. “Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn’t mean you have to join the circus.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

355. “If you don’t know your worth, people will put a cheap price tag on you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

356. “Don’t aim to break the glass ceiling; aim to shatter it.”

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357. “You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.”

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

359. “Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

360. “A seed today is a forest tomorrow.”

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

363. “Silence is sometimes the loudest voice in a room.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

364. “Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.”

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365. “A strong mind is greater than a strong fist.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

366. “The more you love roses the more you must bear with thorns.”

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367. “Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

368. “One note does not make a symphony; one artist does not make an orchestra.”

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

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370. “Love teaches you how to live. Life teaches you how to love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

371. “Success lies behind fear.”

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372. “If you know who you are, no one can convince you to be who you are not.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

373. “To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

374. “Distance between two people is inconsequential when their souls are united.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

375. “Love is blind despite the world’s attempt to give it eyes.”

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376. “Diamonds do not need anyone’s permission to shine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

377. “Time heals some wounds, but love heals them all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

378. “A humble student is better than a proud teacher.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

379. “Learn from the sun; it is warm to everyone, and is therefore never in short supply of those who adore it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

382. “Feed your enemies with a long spoon so they can’t bite your hand.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

383. “One kind deed is more beautiful than a thousand good intentions.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

384. “Never lose hope; no storm has ever outlasted sunshine.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

385. “The greatest gift you can give to someone is your heart; because when you give your heart, you are giving your most prized possession.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

386. “You either run with lions or walk with sheep.”

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387. “If you drop a gold coin in mud, it does not lose its value.”

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388. “If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.”

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389. “Reality is inside your mind. Fate is inside your heart. Destiny is inside your soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

390. “A student’s wisdom is more valuable than a professor’s knowledge.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

391. “Stars are jewels that God created to adorn the sky.”

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392. “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

393. “Love defies the laws of gravity.”

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394. “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

395. “If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

396. “A small light can conquer a great darkness.”

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397. “Love is the softest rose in the soul’s garden.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

398. “Your mind is an entire world, your heart is an entire cosmos, and your soul is an entire universe.”

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

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

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