Wise Quotes Quotes

Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No one benefits from an empty jar, fill yourself first before pouring out to others.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The storm is an artist, the rainbow is its masterpiece.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I prefer male enemies to female ones, I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Due to the monstrous activity of a handful of extremists, the majority of the human society has been conditioned to believe that the term 'musalman' is somehow synonymous with terrorism. But the reality is, the term 'musalman' refers to someone with 'musallam iman,' that means, a pure conscience. Thus any individual whose conscience is pure and clear, is a musalman or muslim, regardless of socio-religious background. Likewise, any human being who loves his or her neighbor is a Christian. Hence, scriptures can't define your religion, only your actions with other people do.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Say, you teach a five year old child a few verses from the Bible. And after memorizing them, he will become a part scholar in Christian theology. But that won’t make him realize what Jesus actually meant when he said 'love thy neighbor'.

~ Abhijit Naskar

There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.

~ Germany Kent

Sharpen your life always; even though it will come to an end like a pencil, we have to keep on writing

~ Munia Khan

If everyone would've been childlike, not childish, the world would've be a better place.

~ Nurudeen Ushawu

It’s natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are.

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

It doesn't matter how green a blade of grass is expected to be, when it's already smashed beneath the feet.

~ Munia Khan

Sapiens means wise or sapient... Wise means acceptance, not differentiation. Wise means helping, not fighting. Wise means assimilation, not destruction. Wise means harmony and peace, not dissension.

~ Abhijit Naskar

If perception is limited by experience, knowledge, and/or education, what deems my actions “correct” or my thoughts as moral?

~ Kierra C.t. Banks

The shades of colours are splendid.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If every citizen should recite their national anthem daily, you will develop love to serve your country better.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Everyone writes with hand, but very few can write with heart

~ Munia Khan

A short axe can still cut down tall trees.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You can lock a lion up in a room, if you want to, but you'll still hear it growling and clawing to get out.

~ K. Martin Beckner

The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo