Wisdom-quote Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 2

“It is never a river’s fault that one cannot swim.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One drop cannot fill the ocean.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wound won't heal if you keep touching it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Great fish do not drown in small rivers.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“A tree’s size is inconsequential if it bears no fruit.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you teach a wolf how to hunt, it will reward you by devouring you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world’s greatest classroom has no walls: nature.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The greatest evidence of what is inside of a seed is its fruit.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is an artist; enlightenment is its masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind speaks, though it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Time crawls when you are bored; walks when you are occupied; runs when you are busy; but flies when you are having…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is the best fruit on the tree of intelligence.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bird's beauty lies in its feathers, but its strength lies in its wings.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom knows the way, wisdom shows the way, wisdom goes the way, wisdom is the way.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom at the bottom of a well sees further than intelligence at the rooftop.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Only dead fish allow the sea to carry them to and fro.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo