Wisdom-quotations Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 2

“Truth is the door to enlightenment.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Silence is the accomplice of wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A strong wolf is better than a weak lion.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A river is an ocean in a desert.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“What you seek finds you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A good mind is sharper than a bad sword.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Light is a slave, the sun is its master.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Paying the high cost of education is better than paying the high price of ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you dance to your enemy's tune, his songs will poison your ears.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird doesn't need a professor to teach it how to fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The shrewd have eyes on their backs, but the enlightened have ears on their souls.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you cast your bait after the fish have passed, you will only catch despair.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowing your strengths is intelligence; knowing your weaknesses is wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you sow knowledge, you will reap wisdom. If you sow virtue, you will reap honor. If you sow kindness, you will…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“True wisdom is like an ocean; the deeper you go the greater the treasures you'll find.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If ignorance invites you to lunch, turn down the offer, no matter how famished you are.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Ants eat seeds, spiders eats ants, birds eat spiders, foxes eat birds, wolves eat foxes, bears eat wolves. The Sun alone will…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t waste days, for they become weeks. Don’t waste weeks, for they become months. Don’t waste months, for they become years; and…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A hunter is no greater than what he kills. A farmer is no greater than what he reaps. A fisherman is no…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When your eyes are open, you see wisdom. When your ears are open, you hear wisdom. When your mind is open, you…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you are learned, you have one leg; intelligent, you have two legs; shrewd, you have three legs; wise, you have four…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Fish don't attend swimming school.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One drop cannot fill the ocean.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A mirror never reserves its judgment.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A lily is a water's diamond.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Great fish do not drown in small rivers.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who hunts rabbits cannot boast to one who hunts wolves.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo