Wisdom-quotations Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 9

“Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Anyone can build walls, but only the wise can build bridges.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree is naked, no matter how big, if it does not have leaves.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If size really mattered, a match wouldn’t be able to set a forest on fire.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A sage is a library whose bookshelves are in his soul.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bee, though small, can still sting you; an elephant, though calm, can still trample you; a lion, though full, can still…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you do not sharpen your axe, it will take twice the same amount of time to cut down the same amount…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are what you seek. You seek what you are. You become what you seek and seek what you become.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Trees generously share their fruit. Bees generously share their honey. Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth has one eye, understanding has two ears, knowledge has three feet, and wisdom has four hands.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Drop by drop even the widest ocean can be filled.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world; it just blooms.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“An ounce of reality is greater than a pound of fantasy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“In beautiful gardens you still find ugly weeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The narrow path to wisdom is better than the wide road to ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Riches you hold in your hands are inferior to treasures you store in your heart.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to seek light than to give into darkness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Court knowledge, marry wisdom, divorce ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge is true strength. Understanding is true might. Wisdom is true power.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge is true strength, understanding is true might, and wisdom is true power.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“True wisdom doesn't have an expiry date; it is timeless.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learning how to catch fish is intelligence; learning how to rear them is wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Birds alone can afford to perch on weak branches.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If there is a snake in the grass, you have to set the field on fire to draw it out.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is a tenant in the house of nature.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“An elephant will never go chasing after a fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Courage is a warrior, wisdom is a sage, virtue is a priest, and love is poet.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Walking towards love is wiser than falling into it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't despise the drops, they become oceans.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo