Wise Quotations Quotes

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.

~ 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

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When you count your blessings, count life twice.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never mock a cub, one day it will become a lion.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo