Wisdom quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 15

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to smile at your enemies than to frown at your friends.”

— 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

“What is high exersises authority over what is low.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Symphonies begin with one note; fires with one flame; gardens with one flower; and masterpieces with one stroke.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Excellence in the mind is wisdom. Excellence in the heart is virtue. Excellence in the soul is love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The tongue speaks, and the heart shouts, but the soul screams.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I would rather own a little piece of Heaven than a large portion of Hell.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree's beauty lies in its branches, but its strength lies in its roots.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth is an angel whose wings are powered by reality.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is safer to dance in the dark than to trip in the light.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Seek to be the smartest in a room, not the loudest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“Knowledge has great riches. Understanding has extraordinary treasure. Wisdom has exponential wealth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree is not concerned about the number of its fruits that fall to the ground, but the number of their seeds…

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo