When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Be slow to teach, and quick to learn. Avoid impious people, run from fools, and seek out the wise.
People can hurt you, but you must still love. People can betray you, but you can still trust. People can put you down, but you must still rise. People can oppose you, but you can still prevail.
If a man could outpace his shadow, he would still find it waiting for him at the finishing line.
When you wrestle with life, your heart inevitably becomes a warrior; when you wrestle with death, your soul inevitably becomes a conqueror.
The first professor you meet in life is your mother; the second is hardship, and the last is death.
No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.
When turbulence hits your sails remind yourself it is an opportunity to get to the shore quicker.
I was never punished for my ignorance, I was punished by my ignorance.
Life is the song you dance to when reality sings.
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.
When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands.
The past only dies so the future can live.
In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.
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.
When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.
In calm waters you still find sharks.
Genius is in you, but like a seed, you determine whether it dies or grows.
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.
A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.
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.
