Life Quote Quotes

Intelligence will teach you how to make a living, wisdom will teach you how to make a life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence tells you where to look, wisdom tells you what to see.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your first teacher is your mother, the second is people, the third is life, and the fourth is God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The lightest weight anyone can carry on life’s journey is hope.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

We are all artists, painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo