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Yes, a person can accept your apology and forgive you for what you’ve said, but they will never forget how you made them feel at that very moment. Words can stick in a person’s mind, heart, and spirit long after the words have been spoken. Don’t be in denial; words have GREAT power. Be wise when you speak!Stephanie Lahart
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Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart. Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet.Matshona Dhliwayo
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It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.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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When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.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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Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.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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The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.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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Joy gives you strength. Hope gives you fortitude. Faith gives you courage. Love gives you power.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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Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.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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The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.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 single star shines brighter than a thousand moons.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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Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all.Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality.Germany Kent
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A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming to have what you have.Germany Kent
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Love in the rain is better than hate in the sunshine.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.Matshona Dhliwayo
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For me I see the world as one big nation, where everyone in it is a citizen, so it is our responsibility to make it better.Nurudeen Ushawu
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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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One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Knowledge, teach. Wisdom, acquire. Understanding, share. Love, spread.Matshona Dhliwayo
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To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.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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A heart full of love is worth more than a purse full of coins.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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Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.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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It is impossible for love to enter your heart without leaving footprints on your soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.Matshona Dhliwayo
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To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Wisdom paints a rainbow in your mind, joy paints a rainbow in your heart, and love paints a rainbow in your soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Pleasure can turn the body into a slave. Desire can turn the mind into a fool. Passion can turn the heart into a beast. Love can turn the soul into an angel.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.Matshona Dhliwayo
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There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.Matshona Dhliwayo
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To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Love knows the way because love is the way.Matshona Dhliwayo
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One who cannot swim must not blame the water.Matshona Dhliwayo
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No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.Matshona Dhliwayo
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No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.Matshona Dhliwayo
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In calm waters you still find sharks.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Forgive those who hurt you yesterday. Reward those who help you today. Remember those who help you tomorrow.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Let them judge you, but remain virtuous. Let them criticize you, but remain wise. Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.Matshona Dhliwayo
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It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.Matshona Dhliwayo
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More than being human, we need peace and love. More than being strong and capable, we need compassion. More than being clever, we need kindness and gentleness. But where are all these sense of humanity? Where is the love that we have for human life and nature? Where is the peace that we once had? What about our dreams, dream of a better world? Little children are crying, am beginning to feel guilty. Where is that sense of brotherhood? Where is the compassion? What about our faith, have we lost trust in God? .Nurudeen Ushawu
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If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.Matshona Dhliwayo