Wise-quotations Quotes · Page 3

“It's easier to be wise for others than for yourself.”

— R.J. Lawrence

“We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is not speed that matters, it's persistence.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— 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

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

— 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

“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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“You see God with your heart, not your eyes. You hear God with your soul, not your ears. You understand God with…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is impossible to separate these things: peace and happiness, hope and patience, courage and confidence, mercy and kindness, integrity and faithfulness,…

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intelligence is short, virtue is narrow, understanding is wide, and wisdom is tall.”

— 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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge is silver, but true wisdom is gold.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Knowledge is true wealth, wisdom is true riches.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“An honorable adversary is better than a dishonorable ally.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A wise student is greater than an intelligent teacher.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“One bright star is better than a thousand dull moons.”

— 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