Wise-quotations Quotes · Page 3

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you are kind to yourself, you are clever. If you are kind to others, you are wise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“In beautiful gardens you still find ugly weeds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“Truth is a servant, reality is its master.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

“You recognize your lower self when you look in a mirror, but only recognize your higher self when you look inside your…

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Guard your reputation. Develop your character. Defend your honour. Preserve your legacy. The more wise things you say, the wiser you appear.…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Religion is the Self revealing secrets of the Self to the Self.”

— Abhijit Naskar

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A stone resists the wind, no matter how small it is.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Teaching you how to grow a garden is better than giving you a thousand roses.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Beware of befriending wolves; remember, they are only loyal to their appetite.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Reality is a professor, all its lectures are truth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't judge a seed by its size, but by its fruit.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A scholar’s pen is more valuable than a warrior’s sword.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop; wisdom will take you to the stars.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Religion without reason is like making love without love.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The more you love roses the more you must bear with thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Let your walk be wisely so that you can inspire others to walk wisely!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Inelligence is a tenant in the house of wisdom.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo