A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I'm a believer, I believe in God, I believe in truth, I believe in righteousness.
~ Nurudeen Ushawu
A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.
Wisdom is using your head, separating right from wrong, and doing what is right.
If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.
A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.
A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.
Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.
Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.
A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.
If you point to paradise, all the shortsighted will see is your finger.
Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns.
Don't burn your bridges until you build better ones.
Money is the most beautiful woman in the world;even when old and wrinkled, men are head-over-heals in love with her.
~ Matshona Dhiliwayo
It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.
Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.
If you push your luck too hard, fortune's muscles might tear.
Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.
Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul.
Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life.
Follow your heart only if it has your mind's feet.
If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.
A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener’s enemy.
You don't throw a compass overboard because the ocean is calm.
Walking towards love is wiser than falling into it.
An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.
Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.
A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.
A large vessel will never fill up no matter how small the leak is.
Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.
You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.
Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.
Good deeds are the highest notes in life's symphony.
Roses do not bloom the same time as daisies.
Love is the most beautiful flower in the garden of life.
A drop of sense can save you an ocean of tears.
Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.
You learn more from your tears than your smiles.
One does not become a great swimmer by swimming in shallow waters.
One man's thorn is another man's rose.
