Quotes by Philosophers - Page 283

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
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
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
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
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
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
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
Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
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
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
If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The lightest weight anyone can carry on life’s journey is hope.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
Matshona Dhliwayo
We cannot stop wanting. Wanting is the tireless engine of life itself.
Shai Tubali
A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.
Matshona Dhliwayo