When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The say money talks, but I've seen it sing, and even seen it dance.
When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.
Be slow to teach, and quick to learn. Avoid impious people, run from fools, and seek out the wise.
There is neither a Heaven nor a Hell. Life after Death is an oxymoron. Life is just another word for existence, and Death is just another word for non-existence.
~ Oliver Markus Malloy
Don't water anything that you don't want to grow in your life.
There is neither a Heaven for a Hell. Life after Death is an oxymoron. Life is just another word for existence, and Death is just another word for non-existence.
No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.
Before you wear a crown of gold, life sometimes makes you wear a crown of thorns.
If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.
Don’t be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.
In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.
Story goes that he wanted many things from one women, and she wanted one thing from many men.
~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz
In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.
At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.
Lies spread quicker than truth because they have longer legs.
When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.
Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.
It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.
A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.
A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.
The world says fit in, the universe says stand out.
The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.
The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone.
The distance between two minds is understanding.
Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.
Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.
You were born to shine, don’t ever let anyone steal your light.
Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.
Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.
Don’t use your energy to hate on anyone, use it to create the life you desire.
Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
Don’t strive to be superior to others, strive to be better than you were yesterday.
Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.
Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.
Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.
Dark times don't create stars, it is at night when what has always been in the star is revealed.
A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.
The fires of refinement will shine the light of Christ into the dark places of our hearts, burn off the chaff, and restore us to a state of greater purity.
~ Robin Bertram
If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.
