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A diamond's happy ending is on a crown, but its beauty was formed in dirt.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When God wants to give you a miracle, He first gives you a problem.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.Matshona Dhliwayo
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We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life’s mission to glow.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Storms are rainbow’s inside out.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Only what is below you tries to pull you down.Matshona Dhliwayo
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God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Trees generously share their fruit. Bees generously share their honey. Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If your thoughts are higher than your problems, you can fly above them.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.Matshona Dhliwayo
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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
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If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Worry soils, even the purest mind. Envy poisons, even the purest heart. Greed sullies, even the purest soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The entire world above you, around you, beneath you, and beside you, is insignificant in comparison to the world within you.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.Matshona Dhliwayo
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In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.Matshona Dhliwayo
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In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Be the calm in someone else’s storm.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.Matshona Dhliwayo
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It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Know the One - the Self, and you'll know the All.Abhijit Naskar
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Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.Germany Kent
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A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.Matshona Dhliwayo
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There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.Kilroy J. Oldster
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Be pure, live a conscientious life, defend your dignity and be loving to others.Abhijit Naskar
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If it doesn't agree with your spirit let it go.Germany Kent
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Life is fleeting we must master it in the present.Kilroy J. Oldster
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Know yourself as you are — particles of start-dust moving through the eternal ocean of time, trying to make whatever little difference you can.Abhijit Naskar
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There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause. And it is all because people never attempt to reach the fountain-head. They are content only to comply with the customs of their forefathers, and want others to do the same.Abhijit Naskar
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If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The only weapon you are allowed to kill anyone with is kindness.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Learn a lot. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Live a lot.Matshona Dhliwayo
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It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.Matshona Dhliwayo
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To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Regard those who respect you. Esteem those who honor you. Cherish those who love you. Reward those who adore you.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love in your mind can be felt by some, love in your heart can be felt by many, but love in your soul can be felt by all.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.Matshona Dhliwayo
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See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Learn, because life is ahead of you. Live, because death is before you. Listen, because wisdom is all around you. Love, because God is inside of you.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The blind can see love, the deaf can hear love, the mute can express love, and the disabled can carry love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you want to be happy now, love now; if you want to be happy later, love later; but if you want to be happy always, love always.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not the mirror.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Everyone should have a place in your heart, but only a special few should have a place in your life.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Your presence only truly matters to people who feel your absence.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and you will be infinitely happy.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The world’s most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If a woman stands behind you, respect her; if she stands beside you, cherish her; if she stands with you, adore her.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The cheapest thing in your life is money; the most expensive, love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If a woman laughs when you hurt her, you ought to cry, for you have lost her; if she cries, you may laugh, for you have a worthy soulmate.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Jealousy says, “Compete with each other.” Envy says, “Destroy each other.” Empathy says, “Help each other.” Love says, “Empower each other.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.Matshona Dhliwayo