Quotes by Philosophers - Page 282

The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An archer must never blame a target for missing it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn, only to live. Live, only to learn.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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.
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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.
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A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.
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The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.
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A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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.
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The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
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A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.
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If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
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Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.
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The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.
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Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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.
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Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them.
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Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.
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Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.
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If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.
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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.
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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.
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Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
Matshona Dhliwayo