Wise Quotes Quotes

“Love is like dried flowers sometimes. Even though you watch the petals shrink and change colour, you cannot help treasuring them”
― Munia Khan

“Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Insight perceives, intelligence understands, intellect comprehends, wisdom knows.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“True wisdom is like an ocean; the deeper you go the greater the treasures you'll find.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Enemies stab you in the back, true friends jab you in the front.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Before I had a car, I had feet.
Before I had a telephone, I had prayer.
Before I had a degree, I had commonsense.
Before I had a diploma, I had curiosity.
Before I had knowledge, I had an opinion.
Before I had a reputation, I had a character.
Before I had a bodyguard, I had a friend.
Before I had a wife, I had a mother.
Before I had a son, I had a father.
Before I had a body, I had a mind.
Before I had a brain, I had a soul.
Before I had a memory, I had an experience.
Before I had a lifetime, I had a moment.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Become braver, stronger, wiser, kinder, and you will become better.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Did you know that using social media can actually help you to increase your level of thinking?”
― Germany Kent

“In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Faith is stronger than a stone. Joy is taller than a mountain. Love is wider than an ocean.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The heart is a classroom,
the soul is a teacher,
the mind is a student,
and life is the exam.

The world is a university,
the universe is our professor,
wisdom is our homework,
and love is our final exam.

Life is an academy,
God is the instructor,
character is the assignment,
and virtue is the exam.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Love is my mother. Joy is my sister. Knowledge is brother. Wisdom is my soulmate.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Light in your mind is better than darkness in your soul.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It takes a real secure man to understand it's okay to cry and an even wiser one to teach that it's okay.”
― Carlos Wallace

“It must be tempered with discipline. Ferocity is useless unless employed in the proper place . . .”
― Jim Butcher, Cursor's Fury

“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

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

“It is better to seek light than to give into darkness.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It doesn’t cost much to hate,
but it costs you everything to love.
It doesn’t cost much to fall,
but it costs you everything to rise.
It doesn’t cost much to doubt,
but it costs you everything to believe.
It doesn’t cost much to forget,
but it costs you everything to remember.
It doesn’t cost much to take,
but it costs you everything to give.
It doesn’t cost much to create,
but it costs you everything to destroy.
It doesn’t cost much to seek,
but it costs you everything to find.
It doesn’t cost much to command,
but it costs you everything to obey.
It doesn’t cost much to destroy,
but it costs you everything to build.
It doesn’t cost much to hinder,
but it costs you everything to help.
It doesn’t cost much to harm,
but it costs you everything to heal.
It doesn’t cost much to revenge,
but it costs you everything to forgive.
It doesn’t cost much to condenm,
but it costs you everything to sympathize.
It doesn’t cost much to assume,
but it costs you everything to prove.
It doesn’t cost much to ignore,
but it costs you everything to understand.
It doesn’t cost much to despise,
but it costs you everything to honor.
It doesn’t cost much to blame,
but it costs you everything to praise.
It doesn’t cost much to denounce,
but it costs you everything to appluad.
It doesn’t cost much to rest,
but it costs you everything to work.
It doesn’t cost much to surrender,
but it costs you everything to conquer.
It doesn’t cost much to lose,
but it costs you everything to win.
It doesn’t cost much to fail,
but it costs you everything to succeed.
It doesn’t cost much to rest,
but it costs you everything to work.
It doesn’t cost much to die,
but it costs you everything to live.
It doesn’t cost much to sit,
but it costs you everything to stand.
It doesn’t cost much to walk,
but it costs you everything to run.
It doesn’t cost much to jog,
but it costs you everything to soar.
It doesn’t cost much to follow,
but it costs you everything to lead.
It doesn’t cost much to give up,
but it costs you everything to persevere.”
― matshona dhliwayo

“It is death that makes life precious,
darkness that makes light precious,
dirt that makes flowers precious,
storms that make rainbows precious,
pain that makes pleasure precious,
chaos that makes harmony precious,
space that makes matter precious,
clutter that makes orderliness precious,
chance that makes certainty precious,
eternity that makes time precious,
truth that makes reality precious,
silence that makes speech precious,
rest that makes motion precious,
opinions that make facts precious,
strife that makes peace precious,
curiosity that makes knowledge precious,
suspicion that makes evidence precious,
fear that makes caution precious,
slavery that makes freedom precious,
oblivion that makes existence precious,
yesterday that makes tomorrow precious,
and tomorrow that makes forever precious.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“An archer must never blame a target for missing it.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Truth is a servant, reality is its master.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“You may have no computer,
but thank The Divine One for giving you a brain.
You may have no television,
but thank The Divine One for giving you an imagination.
You may have no counselor,
but thank The Divine One for giving you a conscience.
You may have no binoculars,
but thank The Divine One for giving you eyes.
You may have no megaphone,
but thank The Divine One for giving you a mouth.
You may have no defender,
but thank The Divine One for giving you hands.
You may have no food,
but thank The Divine One for giving you teeth.
You may have no car,
but thank The Divine One for giving you feet.

You may have no degrees,
but thank The Divine One for giving you talents.
You may have no job,
but thank The Divine One for giving you potential.
You may have no career,
but thank The Divine One for giving you inspiration.
You may have no money,
but thank The Divine One for giving you ambition.
You may have no possessions,
but thank The Divine One for giving you character.
You may have no titles,
but thank The Divine One for giving you honor.
You may have no magic,
but thank The Divine One for giving you intuition.
You may have no friends,
but thank The Divine One for giving you angels.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“You can shoot a million arrows at the sun, but not even one will pierce it.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I have a small mind,
but big goals.
I have a small heart,
but big ambitions.
I have a small soul,
but big dreams.

I have small eyes,
but a big vision.
I have small ears,
but big understanding.
I have small hands,
but big reach.

I have a small tongue,
but a big opinion.
I have a small nose,
but a big sense.
I have a small mouth,
but a big lecture.

I have a small message,
but a big audience.
I have a small title,
but a big education.
I have a small purse,
but a big gift.

I have a small lesson,
but a big classroom.
I have a small resume,
but a big accomplishment.
I have a small company,
but a big project.

I have a small budget,
but a big profit.
I have a small team,
but a big success.
I have a small reputation,
but a big destiny.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo