Wisdom Quotations Quotes - Page 2

Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

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

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

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

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 flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

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

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

If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love knows the way because love is the way.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

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

Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Wisdom knows the way. Understanding sees the way. Passion feels the way. Love goes all the way.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Truth is my weapon. Knowledge is my armor. Wisdom is my strategist. Love is my warrior.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One day I woke up and realized no amount of love, care, pain, hurt, anger, or retribution could ever transform those who are evil into good or kind people. That day I let go; I stopped caring for them, gave up any hope for their souls, and knew they were never worthy of me or my time.

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

You will never attain wisdom without walking on different streets, without talking to different people, without reading different books, in short, without meeting with the things different in every aspect!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Wisdom is not a mysterious universe where your mind enters but it is a mysterious universe which enters your mind!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool.

Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.

Doubts are good. Confusion is excellent. Questions are awesome.All these are attempts to expand the wisdom of mind.