Wisdom quotes Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo · Page 8

“Intelligence sees things as they are; wisdom sees things as they should be.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth is a better companion than ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A cunning adversary will teach you more than a brainless ally.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Never underestimate the power of these three things: faith, wisdom, and love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who loves roses cannot avoid its thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge never grows old; it is eternally young.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you place two flowers in the same vase, they will not argue over who is more beautiful.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you were born to teach, learn; born to lead, serve; born to coach, train; born to write, read; born to perform,…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The most beautiful birds do not know how beautiful they are until they see their reflection in water.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor; strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak; possessions don’t help if your soul…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“What you see in others you must first be able to recognize in yourself.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Honey doesn’t lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who is asleep cannot open the eyes of one who is awake.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It would take a fish a lifetime to climb a tree but only a year to cross the ocean.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree that bears much fruit honors the one who planted it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“What is behind you is never as important as what is ahead of you.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A river only flows upstream when God is drawing it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wolf only attends a rabbit’s funeral to eat its young.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener’s enemy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A student's wisdom is more valuable than a professor's knowledge.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learning how to cut trees down is intelligence; learning how to grow them is wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The pen is mightier than the sword; it should never run out of ink.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Meekness is not weakness, but weakness can be masked as meekness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is better to be poor than to be ignorant.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A lion's greater talents are revealed in the jungle, not in the circus.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo