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Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
But you can not buy what doesn't belong to you.
— J. Limbu
The coffee is not strong enough to keep me awake.
— J. Limbu
Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
How much is real and for how long..
— J. Limbu
The immense success of our life, is I think, that our treasure is hid away; or rather in such common things that nothing can touch it.
— Virginia Woolf, The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Three: 1925-1930
It's not about being educated, it's about being civilised.
— Deepak Madhu Nair
Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Yesterday I bought myself a new, very sharp kitchen knife.And I managed to cut my finger within 5 minutes of getting home!Those plastic packages are bloody dangerous!!!
— Gary Edward Gedall
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Who is a magician? The one who says, "I bring nonliving people to life.
— Bhavik Sarkhedi
College life is different, entirely different like you don't have to get ready and wear that red and crisp blue school uniform and look alike every day. Free to define ourselves with statement attire. Good thing.
— Parul Wadhwa, The Masquerade
I walk alone and on my own.
— Parul Wadhwa, The Masquerade
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I am amazed at the intensity of your dreams
—  you rebuke the soul of me
We are hell different but vanity keeps us stuck.
— Parul Wadhwa, The Masquerade
They may not know each other to say it, but it was never hidden. How much ever they hated each other, fate ties them together.
— Parul Wadhwa, The Masquerade
For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2
— New International Version Bible
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is not meant to follow a pattern. Every moment has a multitude of realms.
— Avijeet Das
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I have never seen battles quite as terrifyingly beautiful as the ones I fight when my mind splinters and races, to swallow me into my own madness, again.
— Nicole  Lyons, Hush
Every man or woman is born to be a Hero!
— Avijeet Das
Some people walk into our lives to touch our hearts and others to touch our soul!
— Avijeet Das
Some people come drifting into our skies carrying hope just as the clouds drift into the deserts!
— Avijeet Das
Find your uniqueness and embrace it with pride.
— Mensah Oteh
Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
We don't meet anyone by chance.
— Avijeet Das
Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is difficult for flowers to hide their beauty
—  that is why they are always picked first.
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be positive. Believe that you will succeed. See it, go for it. No matter what the odds, most of the battle is inside your own head. -- Bob Mayer
— Sue Ward Drake, Hear No Evil
They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Learning how to stand on your own feet and avoid leaning on somebody's shoulder will literally help you to sharpen your knife in this era.
— moolesh.k.dindoyal
Be daring. Better to fail spectacularly then stay safe and achieve meh. -- Anonymous
— Sue Ward Drake, Hear No Evil
A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
To observe life as an inevitability and to observe the nuanced stratification of life are two completely different points of view on life.
— Eraldo Banovac
Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be yourself, DO NOT ACT.
— Sushant Singh
A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Some day, with the last exhaustion, peace will come. It won't be the end of all things to come.
— Napz Cherub Pellazo
Never Beg SOMEONE to be in your life, You just have to believe that, You're worth more than you think
— Napz Cherub Pellazo
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Some day, with the last exhaustion, peace will come. It won't be the end of all things to comeEach thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle. Any day stands equal to the rest...will see; not all of the time your on that cycle..you better watch yourself.
— Napz Cherub Pellazo
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t resent the sky for its storms
—  esteem it for its rainbows.
Be careful how you treat those who you perceive to be below you. The universe has a way of favoring the underdog.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones, Giants At Play: Finding Wisdom, Courage, And Acceptance To Encounter Your Destiny
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
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
Keep planting new seeds until your mind becomes the earth that gives birth to new worlds.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
Sometimes the things that destroy you, become the architectural blueprints which make your mind royal.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
Sometimes the only way to gain someones favor is to stop giving them yours.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
If you can dance like raindrops, there will always be sunshine.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
If you can’t find a few minutes every day for yourself, you don’t have a complete life.
— Mensah Oteh
Sometimes the only way to gain someone's favor is to stop giving them yours.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
Outer gavels can't crush you when your inner judge is love.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
When the doors begin to close, the mind begins to open.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
My life had become a puzzle - its pieces scattered about like paper in the wind, with no one there to chase them but me.
— Meredith T. Taylor, Churning Waters (The Churning Waters Saga)
The quality of your relationships and the role they play in your life will influence who you will become.
— Mensah Oteh
Investing in your mind is the best investment you can make.
— Mensah Oteh
The deeper magic always comes, in the intense sorcery of your inner silence.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
The impact of relationships can be subtle yet powerful. Make a conscious effort to them choose wisely.
— Mensah Oteh
Surround yourself with people who can help you grow into the person you want to become.
— Mensah Oteh
When choosing your relationships, be guided by your life’s purpose, your vision and your dreams.
— Mensah Oteh
Work harder on improving yourself than on trying to forge better relationships.
— Mensah Oteh
Some people don’t deserve your time and attention. Love them anyway.
— Mensah Oteh
Spend your time with people who recognise and appreciate your value.
— Mensah Oteh
Greatness has a fragrance. Get close to it and that fragrance will arouse your potential.
— Mensah Oteh
There is no such thing as a neutral relationship. All your relationships affect you – some pull you down and others lift you up.
— Mensah Oteh
Don’t try to get even with those who wrong you, get ahead.
— Mensah Oteh
People who have created their success through hard work and the support of others are always looking for ways to help those around them. Don’t be afraid to reach out.
— Mensah Oteh
We feel the most balance when we're not dividing ourselves on other people's scales.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones
You just can't stop smiling when you get unconditional love.
— Avijeet Das
Rigorously comb through the pages of your life until you can even speak its broken dialects fluently.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones, Giants At Play: Finding Wisdom, Courage, And Acceptance To Encounter Your Destiny
Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
my dearin an idea, by an idea, living through in idea, we are our own prisoners .
— litymunshi
If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
When good things are on the horizon you keep walking towards the sun.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones, Giants At Play: Finding Wisdom, Courage, And Acceptance To Encounter Your Destiny
dear me i think i can run miles after miles through my mind by imaginary flyover ,gather all together to write down on my notebook.
— litymunshi
Life can't be rushed. It takes time to develop the wrinkles of wisdom.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones, Giants At Play: Finding Wisdom, Courage, And Acceptance To Encounter Your Destiny
Be patient with those who can't see your vision, because sometimes it takes time for eyes to adjust to the light.
— Curtis Tyrone Jones, Giants At Play: Finding Wisdom, Courage, And Acceptance To Encounter Your Destiny
dear mewhich one ? Ship or Boat ? on a boat -it's keel me and you . little to collect so we meet each other now & then . little to loss ,at time of depart other than most valuable both of us .Ship ? it's complicated .conversation with my life-----------------------------------litymunshi
— litymunshi
A writer should feel deeply from his heart of the joys and sorrows of people. And he must write as honestly as possible. Then only can he claim to be a writer.
— Avijeet Das
We are filled vessels that gets to choose what we pour back into the world, and what we choose to share defines who we are.
— Micheline Jean Louis
Tough times measure the size of the accomplishment
—  let that drive push you to make it happen.
It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.
— Brandon Sanderson, Elantris
Older people sometimes talk about the good old days when life was better. In fact, they talk nostalgically about their own youth that was irretrievably gone. The past century has made enormous progress in all fields. The standard of living, work environment, health care quality and mobility, and the availability of cultural programs, recreational activities and information – all that clearly speaks in favor of nowadays.
— Eraldo Banovac
Writing is not a hobby. It's the only way I get to shut up the demons in my head.
— Mark Maish
Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
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
Start with yourself, strive for continuous improvement, perfection doesn't happen right away
— Napz Cherub Pellazo
Don't allow a negative experience effect your day for the worse. We may not have the power to control everything that happens to us, but we DO have a choice on how we react to it.
— Napz Cherub Pellazo
The next generation should embrace their struggles. A butterfly develops only after a struggle to break free from its cocoon. A diamond can only emerge after taking in all the pressure that it can. Struggle hard and never ever give up! You are born to be a Hero.
— Avijeet Das
dream . larger than in sleep.dream ,if its helps you to growdream ,if you opened up to lifedream if you recognise another you inside your mind and heart my dear , don't let this go .dream, for everything ,you know this comes to you asking you that you can again
— litymunshi
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon
—  sand is worthless because it is common
pride was i am the fine simple causeto be focus of the man who loved many sources those werehis focus . i lived in falsehood likean unknown and loved him all alone
— litymunshi
Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others.
— Eraldo Banovac
The essence of coexistence is quite simple: live and respect how others live.
— Eraldo Banovac
The wishes of an honest man do not stretch beyond what he undoubtedly deserves.
— Eraldo Banovac
It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.
— Brandon Sanderson, Elantris
A life of devotion to one's passion gives meaning to life.
— Avijeet Das
And finally we get addicted to our sadness.
— Avijeet Das
In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Human nature is so complicated. Those who have little, want a lot. Those who have a lot, think others have more. Those who lose, blame others for the loss.
— Eraldo Banovac
A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.
— Eraldo Banovac
I talk about writing and write so much because aside from music, it’s the only thing giving me peace and reason and purpose. Everyone is looking for answers but I don’t have them and I’m not the answer, but I feel like if I could see the face of God, I’d be better, healed—absolved. I feel like a bastard and like I’m pushing a Ponzi scheme every time someone comes to me for guidance and I push them to the “right” path when I’m just as lost as they are. And it makes me feel like shit every time someone wants to look up to me, or when people call me strong or brave or amazing or want to tell me how “great” I am. And then, the next moment, I’m fine, until the next tide of emotion comes again. I’m just a person who’s had a lot of time to think—a flawed and fucked-up person.
— Phil Volatile, Crushed Black Velvet
The language we use is extremely powerful. It is the frame through which we perceive and describe ourselves and our picture of the world.
— Iben Dissing Sandahl, The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids
To trust in your own aliveness, in your own ability to sustain and be sustained - there are times when there is no greater act of defiance.
— Jessica Fechtor, Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
Concerning mistakes, follow three simple rules. Firstly, correct a mistake that you made whenever it is possible. Secondly, don't repeat the same mistakes. Thirdly, learn from past mistakes.
— Eraldo Banovac
Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It’s your life to live. Own it! You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life.
— Frank Sonnenberg, BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness
Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I love my story. Sure it's been difficult, but it's the story that got me here, the reason I am who I am.
— Izey Victoria Odiase
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life's exciting seas cannot be sailed unless you're ready to leave the port behind.
— Byron Sogie-Thomas, Razor Bumps and Stretch Marks
A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Nature is never static. It is always changing. Everything is in a constant state of flux. Nothing endures. Everything is in the process of either coming into being or expiring.
— Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The Day will Go On... Until your Life will Go On..
— boddu subbarao
Do you want to resolve a conflict successfully? Don't wait, start a conversation.
— Eraldo Banovac
A happy man doesn't reconsider life.
— Eraldo Banovac
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is beautiful.. Enjoy the life when it is beautiful only...
— boddu subbarao
Be a Right Person in your Life.. Life shows a Right Person to YOU...
— boddu subbarao
Live for Your Life not for others...
— boddu subbarao
Sometimes people think the old days were better than today. Even though life was simpler and slower, it was not necessarily easier.
— Eraldo Banovac
In real life, the truth is a rarity, while lies are common place.
— Eraldo Banovac
Philosophy starts when we question ourselves and search for meaning in our lives.
— Avijeet Das
The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Not every Gym Rat will become MVP, but every MVP is a gym rat.
— Byron Sogie-Thomas, Razor Bumps and Stretch Marks
You have to make peace with the situations that are in pieces.
— Bhavik Sarkhedi, The Weak Point Dealer
Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
An archer must never blame a target for missing it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn, only to live. Live, only to learn.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
We shall find true happiness once you have learnt to accept your loneliness.
— Adhish Mazumder
If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If on any given day you don't cry from rejoicing in the beauty of the world, then you have not lived that day.
— Kamand Kojouri
A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Enjoy the Life.. until the Energy is in your Life...
— boddu subabrao
Be a right person in your LIFE.. The LIFE shows a right person to YOU...
— boddu subabrao
The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A river does not go looking for water
—  water comes looking for it instead.
More than Gyms, we need centers where we can exercise how to be grateful for things we have & we got, which will add life to our life.
— kundhan karunakar
The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Rest as if you’ll live forever
—  work as if you’ll die today.
A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Losing teaches you how to win
—  winning teaches you how not to lose.
The doorway to health, higher intelligence and inexhaustible creativity lies in your willingness to live from Source. Risk being who you are meant to be; you are more compassionate, colorful, imaginative, visionary, more sensitive than you think.
— Lynne Gordon-Mundel
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
There are trials in life that feel as tremendous as a quest to slay dragons. These trials are daunting. They require hard work, determination, and courage. But when the dragon is finally slain, the relief is immense.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Habits grow like dragons if you feed them.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
I saw a man climb a mountain with no feet or hands and barely a stump for each arm and leg. At once I realized there was no excuse at all for me not to scale my own mountains.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Nothing remains idle and thrives. Life needs a moving force to prevent the devastating effects of stagnancy. That is why life employs change.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
I know you would like to blame the world, but the fact is that life is an 'up to you' thing.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Look down the road I’m traveling and you will see my goal
—  it’s there on the path. Probably closer than it appears. Life tends to roll that way.
We don't have all the answers. A few months ago, that would have driven me crazy. Now I know sometimes you have to just take life for what it is instead of worrying about what might happen.
— Amy Patrick, Hidden Deep
A man is a slave of everything he does. Some things get rid off easily, some things doesn't.
— Bhavik Sarkhedi
The world is full of angels; if you can’t find one, be one.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest universe is not somewhere out there, but inside of yourself.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Time crawls when you are bored
—  walks when you are occupied
Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
When people ask me about the definition of a copywriter, I say, "If I become a good copywriter, I will have the ability to bring nonliving people to life.
— Bhavik Sarkhedi
Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Even an imposter knows the one truth they cant hide is love
— Derrick david
Maybe your past isn't perfect. Maybe it was brutal. Maybe you were brutal. Maybe you've got more scars than you thought one skin could hold. You can't linger on those thoughts. You will drown in them. After all, it's only an interesting backstory if you can get past it.
— Jessica Hagy, How to Be Interesting: An Instruction Manual
You will not get chances all the time, so don't miss any chance if you feel that it can hold you at the right place that you deserve.
— Giridhar Alwar, My Quest For Happy Life
A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Manga endings might always be the same. However when it comes to real life, neither you nor I are readers. We are the writers. We can change the ending.
— Hideaki Sorachi
Life is always more beautiful and worth living when you are capable of enjoying the beauty of nature
— Munia Khan
As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
There is no such a thing as missing the train of your life! Life is very rich and very generous
—  it always offers you new opportunities! Already-missed will soon be substituted by the not-missed-yet!
Beauty not to be seen but to be felt and the beauty is everywhere. Just open your heart.
— Giridhar Alwar
Don't let some work to do it for later do it today because some time later will never come.
— Salman Mansuri
It’s a strange feeling when you realise that you have become a passive bystander, watching the quirks of your own fate with an icy indifference.
— Anurag Shourie, Half A Shadow
If its clear that you are doing right thing, just go ahead. But answer yourself first before doing something.
— Giridhar Alwar, My Quest For Happy Life
This isn't just a food product---it is a lifestyle change that encourages you to step out of your comfort zone.
— Tilly Dunn, Exit Stage Left
The greatest gift life can give you today is the promise of tomorrow.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A good strategy of life is obvious: When the right path is found, it must be walked no matter how hard it is and the precious target this path destined to must be arrived at by defeating every difficulty encountered!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I never went dancing again.
— Tilly Dunn, Exit Stage Left
It was as if God Himself planned my visit to the church that day.
— Tilly Dunn
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
We exist only to exist.
— Kamand Kojouri
It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be so warm that people mistake you for the sun
—  so bright that people mistake you for the stars
If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't take a giant leap to make your life better. Just enjoy every minute of your life.
— Tommy Fernandes
When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is supposed to be fast, not slow. Spirits fly when worms are crawling; birds sing when the dead are moaning.
— Robin Sacredfire
Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't take giant leap to make your life better. Just enjoy every minute of your life
— Tommy Fernandes
The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
One twig at a time. Like a bird making a nest.
— Carol Lovekin, Ghostbird
reading is like life, it can take u on one WILD ride
— Daisy Cook
I went to the club to escape my life and pretend I'm somebody else. Now I don't know who I am anymore.
— E. Leo Foster
To Be One With The One Is Not For Everyone
— Syed Sharukh
The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you don’t believe in virtues and principles, then you are not building your life on anything.
— Sunday Adelaja
Peace doesn't mean never offending anyone. Peace means never taking offense from anyone.
— Aaron Dennis
A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You can predict your future life, only predict not assure.
— Saad Shah
Put your interest in the future, because you're going to spend the rest of your life there and make sure in this future you will be found in the loving arms of Christ
— John M Sheehan
Stuck in thoughts , Thoughts are drenching me , Urging to quarrel within - to quench .
— Akash Paliwal
I had a few people ask me if I might one day write my own autobiography. I just told them, 'It's already being written; through my books.
— T.S. Wieland
The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life has diverse threads that's as much as the number of ppl alive at every given time.
— A. Kevin
The miracle centered gospel breeds up a mentality of people that think they could go through life without doing their best.
— Sunday Adelaja
The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from seeds
—  even after falling to the ground they muster enough strength to rise.
When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Much of what happens in life is a chance.
— Ted Todd, The 'Software' of Your Personality: The Meaning and Purpose of Life
People who don’t have patience don’t achieve anything in life.
— Sunday Adelaja
Nothing great comes to pass in life without perseverance.
— Sunday Adelaja
Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
— Compton Gage
If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is a process of discovering your INNATE NATURE!
— Ramana Pemmaraju
In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember our creative power.
— Atalina Wright, Unbound
If we don’t live by God’s heartbeat, by what He has in His heart, then we are wasting our time and life
— Sunday Adelaja
Bifurcation embraces the weapon of success and failure.
— Andy Harglesis
Books are a stairway to knowledge
—  experience is a highway to understanding
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Our thinking makes our life
— Sunday Adelaja
Life is to be lived by being in charge of time.
— Sunday Adelaja
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Reduce the influence of religion upon your life.
— Sunday Adelaja
If they criticise you before they cheer you on, they are not your people. Simple.
— Nikki Rowe
Life itself is a chance.
— Andy Harglesis
Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
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
I believe in the inherent good of people. I believe that someone can make a mistake and live to redeem themselves another day. Maybe that's why I don't believe in the death penalty. It forecloses all possibilities.
— Carsen Taite, Beyond Innocence
Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends.
— Eraldo Banovac
We're all human no matter what.
— Lola Manou
If you have a dream no one else can see, a reward awaits you that no one else can have.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Just Smile .Because no one can steal it from you.
— Yogesh Payeng
And the drawing near of Death, which alike levels all, alike impresses all with a last revelation, which only an author from the dead could adequately tell.
— Herman Melville
If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is nothing more than a contradiction.
— James Jean-Pierre
I believe in the goodness of life. I believe in humanity.
— Nurudeen Ushawu
I dont know "how to cry " But I know it well what can make me cry.There is no love below or above of me but when I will die then all the loves will comes with rain and wind which things never make me alive. In the morning we feel bettar but in the evening our brain quarrelling with our body.
— Md Zakir Hossen
The universe doesn't waste anything. Sometimes, we just don't have standing to see how events or experiences are important.
— Adrián Lamo
When life’s great storms come, the weak sink, the cowardly jump ship, the strong drop an anchor, the mighty adjust their sails, and the great sail on to their destiny.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
History is about ordinary people living their ordinary lives, just as we do today, while all around the world is changing. It makes heroes out of some people and victims out of others.
— Vicky Adin
If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Words let you know what is in someone’s mind, deeds let you know what is in someone’s heart, and character lets you know what is in someone’s soul.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is never just in your own hands ...
— Jasmine Sparks, Dolly
Simple survival is never as ordinary as it seems!
— Jasmine Sparks, Dolly
Don’t let people draw you into their darkness
—  pull them into your light.
To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If your present thoughts do not lift you higher than your previous ones, rid yourself of them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
True riches belong to those who shun false ones.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Welcome to the 21st century cosmopolitan world where biased thoughts preside over unbiased deeds, simple gestures become overrated gossip materials and injustice is a part of long term justice.
— Adhish Mazumder, Solemn Tales of Human Hearts
If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is the belief that we instill in them that makes them work round the clock to ensure it comes true.
— Adhish Mazumder, Solemn Tales of Human Hearts
These trembling hands no longer have the confidence it exuded a few years ago. Hope has been extinguished and uncertainty is what remains for the rest of my days now.
— Adhish Mazumder, Solemn Tales of Human Hearts
Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Before you work with me you must know that I am an atheist and I believe in neither supreme powers of any God or the trickery of the Devil, I am student of the criminal psychology and believe that behind every murder there is psychopath at work with some insidious agenda at play and motive unknown to human mind.
— Adhish Mazumder
The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Opinion by the courage of the brave
— zeyenb.belaidouni
If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
How do you know if you truly found the one? When loving her feels like a calling from God.
— Khuliso Mamathoni, The Greatest Proposal
You need a companion for your thought process, more than a physical relationship.
— Rajasaraswathii, Success-Talks : For Evolution of Your Success
You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is easier for stars to shine in darkness
—  that is why dark times come into your life.
Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Be selfless like a burning candle
—  giving of yourself to others even if it consumes you.
Embrace contradictions for they make upall of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself.
— Kamand Kojouri
Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet.
— Ken Poirot
Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
All things in life are fleeting so live in the moment
— Sonya Watson
To embody a slice of life on stage/film/script/book is awe-inspiring
—  like peeking into a window to the soul or prima materia
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to be strong, love yourself; if you want to be powerful, love others; if you want to be invincible, love everyone.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is a gift and every day is an opportunity to share your gift with others. Don’t be grateful, be fabulously grateful
— Val Uchendu
Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Many people can do all the wrong in this world and get away with it. I am not one of these people. I am a friend and servant of the almighty God Jehovah and always have the highest authority to answer to. With him...integrity is everything.
— Timothy Pina, Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration
Every second, the dial of life counts down for everyone; whatever you do be sure it’s worth the time
— Val Uchendu
We are only as alive as the things that keep us alive.
— Sudheer Reddy
To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
But plants grow again," She murmured, focusing on the verdant beauty around her. "They put down new roots, create room for themselves in foreign soil.
— Nalini Singh, Archangel's Consort
...and when we die we die alone I cry, I cry aloneLike a piece of stone I am thrown into the wavy ocean of lifeto atone...to atoneOnly to atone...
— Munia Khan
Never despair if you have to start at the bottom
—  not even the sun rises from the top.
You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Today is the day to cast your worries on God and breathe in new life. Your past does not define who you are today.
— Gabriella Marigold Lindsay, Living F.I.T.: A 40-Day Guide to  Living Faithfully, Intentionally, and Tenaciously
Great winds only challenge great trees.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
See life for what it is - a blessing to be lived - rather than what is so often reduced to
—  a problem to be fixed.
You should neither take life too lightly to lose control over it, nor too seriously to become absolutely inflexible. ‘Change’ is intrinsic to ‘life’; even rocks change over a prolonged period.
— Sandeep Sahajpal
Your scars are unique gems that contain opportunities for both personal growth and to help save the life of someone else. However, you can only realize these when you fully claim who you are. And to fully claim who you are also means recognizing, and taking ownership of the scars that come along with the rest of you.
— Jellis Vaes
To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Judge a man by what he tried, not by what he accomplished.
— Min Kim
A Blessing is a kind of 'Hope'.
— Ridhdhesh Jivawala
Sometimes it doesn't matter "what you're doing?", the thing only matter is "At least you're doing something than doing nothing
— Ridhdhesh Jivawala
Modern formulaic society will try to make you "normal," rushing to call pseudoscientific anything you can do that they can’t.
— Sahara Sanders, INDIGO DIARIES: A Series of Novels
Never despise a seed
—  one day it will rise and bloom into a forest.
If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Live a life of purpose. Be a voice to be reckoned with. Do not be lost in the midst of the crowd. Contribute your own quota to the transformation going on where God planted you.
— Benjamin Suulola
A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
What is life? Life is living in this moment, experiencing and experimenting but experience isn’t life. Life is reflecting and meditating but reflection isn’t life. Life is helping and guiding but philanthropy isn’t life. Life is eating and drinking but food isn’t life. Life is reading and dancing but art isn’t life. Life is kissing and pleasuring but sex isn’t life. Life is winning and losing but competition isn’t life. Life is loving and caring but love isn’t life. Life is birthing and nurturing but children aren’t life. Life is letting go and surrendering but death isn’t life. Life is all these things but all these things aren’t life. Life is always more.
— Kamand Kojouri
Life is a concept, like the “universe", that expands as soon as we reach what we think is its edge.
— Kamand Kojouri