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

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

It is a bird’s imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.

— Matshona Dhliwayo