Wise Words Quotes - Page 8

A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Patience is to wait for the ice to melt instead of breaking it.

The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you point to paradise, all the shortsighted will see is your finger.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Light the candle of success with the flame of excellence.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Advice for the wise: You"d better bite your tongueRather than cast a spell wrong.

Ana Claudia Antunes

A book is a whole world that you can fit into your pocket.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The pen is mightier than the sword as long as it doesn't run out of ink.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.

Matshona Dhliwayo

you have learned, and you claim that you know, and yet you live like an ignorant.

Nurudeen Ushawu

Ask for a fish, and you only get one; ask for a net, and you can catch dozens.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Empowered girls will be the women that change this world.

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

Bangambiki Habyarimana

The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.

Matshona Dhliwayo

You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.

Matshona Dhliwayo

To see a man’s true colors, tell him you’re saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman’s true colors, tell her you’re poor.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.

Matshona Dhliwayo

I dream of a planet where the science of the mind, brings the Bible, the Vedas, the Quran, and all other scriptures together and binds them with the golden twine of harmony.

No book on this planet can give you the description of terms like religion, spirituality, divinity unless you discover it within the realm of your own mind.

Do not go for conformity that breeds mediocrity! Choose instead to stand for transformation that does not only transforms lives, but true purpose and living as well.

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person strives to reach self-transcendence by engaging in delicate contemplation, while avoiding the snare of self-denigration’s negative invocation. An overshadowing sense of a caustic self can be destructive, whereas an encircling sense of a kindhearted self allows a person to express the profundity and elation of a feral creature curiously exploring nature’s glorious playground.

Kilroy J. Oldster

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

Matshona Dhliwayo

No matter what life throws at you, fight with your eyes wide open to fight a good fight.

Valencia Mackie

All deities are external manifestation of humanity's internal divinity.

A wife who discomforts you with truth is better than a mistress who massages you with lies.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The universe perceives itself through us, or to be more specific, through our neurons.

The wise know much, but pretend to know little; the ignorant know little, but pretend to know much; and the foolish know nothing, but pretend to know all.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Let the fools hold on to their treasured stupidityLet yourself be safe in wisdom with much rapidity

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An angry wife can be more frightening than an army of disgruntled soldiers.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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