Wisdom Quote Quotes

An archer must never blame a target for missing it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A river does not go looking for water, water comes looking for it instead.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Rest as if you’ll live forever, work as if you’ll die today.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Time crawls when you are bored, walks when you are occupied, runs when you are busy, but flies when you are having fun.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Books are a stairway to knowledge, experience is a highway to understanding, together they are an elevator to enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo