Wisdom Quote Quotes

Nature hides its secrets in wisdom, the universe hides its secrets in love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Live each day as if it were your last, love each day as if you will live forever.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Shine your light at all times, you never know who you are leading out of the dark.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

People are like the waves, all similar, none the same

~ Benny Bellamacina

A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In calm waters you still find sharks.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Symphonies begin with one note, fires with one flame, gardens with one flower, and masterpieces with one stroke.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Money doesn’t help if your mind is poor, strength doesn’t help if your heart is weak, possessions don’t help if your soul is empty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Destiny is like a train with no brakes, unstoppable.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

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

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

~ 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

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

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo