Wisdom Quotes - Page 133

If you surround yourself with people who don't care about you, be prepared for a life of misery.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When you count your blessings, count life twice.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.

Matshona Dhliwayo

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.

Matshona Dhliwayo

How do you know if you truly found the one? When loving her feels like a calling from God.

Khuliso Mamathoni

Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.

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

A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.

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

If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.

Matshona Dhliwayo

In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember our creative power.

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

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

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

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Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

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

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

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

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

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.

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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.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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.

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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

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

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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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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.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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