Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Books are a stairway to knowledge, experience is a highway to understanding, together they are an elevator to enlightenment.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is a thorough university, pain and hardship are its distinguished professors.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Use your special gifts to fulfil your divine purpose.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
The world of books is my fantasy.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Thinking outside of the box is unnecessary when there are no boxes in your imagination.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Some birds learn how to fly only after falling off of a cliff.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The best way to overcome your weaknesses is to turn them into strengths.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Blessed is the person who desired to read the Holy Scriptures. It’s brings great reward to those who believe, trust and obey the Holy instructions.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Failure is a sign post, directing the right road for life’s journey.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
We are capable beyond measure. Go all out and be the great person, you are destiny to be.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Ask and wait expectantly for the answer.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Life gives us experiences for personal development. Appreciate the lessons and be a learner.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita