Wisdom Quote Quotes - Page 7

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

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

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

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.

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

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

A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

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

Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

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

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

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

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

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

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

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

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

Matshona Dhliwayo

In calm waters you still find sharks.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

People are like the waves, all similar, none the same

Benny Bellamacina

If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

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

The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.

Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Lust makes you weak, passion makes you strong, love makes you brave, and heartache makes you wise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you are intelligent, but marry the one who does both with you, and you are wise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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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