Wise-quotations Quotes · Page 10

“A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Know truth. Respect facts. Doubt opinions. Reject lies.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is easier for the shrewd to conceal hate than for the wise to hide love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is easier to fight an army than to fight your conscience.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A small tree with strong roots will outlive a big tree with weak ones.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A fish in your hand is worth more than two in the river.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you are ignorant, you are poor; knowledgeable, you are fortunate; intelligent, you are privileged; brilliant, you are rich; and wise, you…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is easier to live in a hut with yourself than to live in a mansion with your enemy.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who loves honey does not have the privilege of hating bees. One who adores roses does not have the privilege of…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be cautious in good times. Be cheerful in bad times. Be busy in boring times. Be calm in hectic times. Be prudent…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence will teach you how to make a living; wisdom will teach you how to make a life.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A fox raised in a jungle is fiercer than a bear raised in a circus.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“When you count your blessings, count life twice.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence opens the door to the universe; but only wisdom walks through.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A sage's lowest wisdom surpasses a scholar's highest wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A foolish son has no advantage over a wise orphan.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your friends tell me who you are, your enemies tell me who you are not.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is a flower's scent, not its size, that lures bees.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who tills his own land knows the value of each seed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“There is a seed inside of every tree and a tree inside of every seed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A bee's sting is sweet if all you are thinking about is getting honey.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A river can only boast when it is full of fish.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you want to be knowledgeable, study. If you want to be wise, live.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Eternity is an artist; time is its masterpiece.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom is the distance between intelligence and stupidity.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you hide honey in the dark, bees will still find it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A star is a floating diamond; a diamond is a buried star.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo