Wisdom Quotes - Page 12

If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When you count your blessings, count life twice.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet.

Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

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

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

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

Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

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

Money is not as good as power, but power is as good as money.

Power is not pleasure, power is pain.

A little stupid is like a little forest fire. If you happen upon some stupid, please stomp it out before it spreads.

Quentin R. Bufogle

Censorship is alive and well in America.

The world brazenly touts freedom as both the inalienable right and morally liberating justification to mindlessly play in the filth that lies all around me. And the slight bit of sanity that yet remains within me asks, ‘what raging madness would prompt me to incessantly wallow in the very things that will eventually swallow me?

Craig D. Lounsbrough

I am wealth, prosperity, and abundance. God multiplies this and I give thanks I AM receiving more and more money everyday.

When we allow ourselves to be authentically free, it raises our vibration.

Alaric Hutchinson

Independence that has declared its ‘independence’ from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

The star rises from the east. Watch out! Your star will guide you.

Lailah Gifty Akita

We need to learn from one another. Of one thing I am certain: No single people, tradition, religion, governmental form, ethical program, moral code, or civilization has had sufficient wisdom and goodness to set the pattern and govern the world in the ways of peace, decency, and mutual respect. I do not believe God ever intended it to be that way. He wants us to reach out and learn from the wisdom he has given to humanity over broad sweeps of time and place and personality.

S. Michael Wilcox

Grandparents are extremely rich folks with silver in their hair and gold in their hearts.

The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.

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

If you're with someone, but you're constantly worried about what they think of you, you're with the wrong person.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

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

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