Wise Quotes - Page 5

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

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

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

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

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

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 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 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

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

A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

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

More than being human, we need peace and love.More than being strong and capable, we need compassion.More than being clever, we need kindness and gentleness.But where are all these sense of humanity?Where is the love that we have for human life and nature?Where is the peace that we once had?What about our dreams, dream of a better world?Little children are crying, am beginning to feel guilty.Where is that sense of brotherhood?Where is the compassion?What about our faith, have we lost trust in God?

Nurudeen Ushawu

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

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

Accept where you are, accept what you have, accept who you are ~ do what you can with all of that and let it be enough.

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

Lailah Gifty Akita

Wise people put as much distance between themselves and sexual temptation as possible. They not only get away but also plan their escape route.

Craig Groeschel

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

At that very first kiss of my life I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, all the secrets that slept deep within my limbic brain came awake. I felt billions of Beach Boys playing their sweet melody inside my heart in perfect harmony with the universe.

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you love and care enough, you will give a lot, you will forgive a lot.

Nurudeen Ushawu

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

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