Wise Quotes Quotes

You don’t have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near, it has been preparing for it all of its life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I think there some kind of instinct connection between me and children. When I see children I find it quiet hard to take my eyes off them, and I could not hold my smile either. I really love their simplicity and innocence. If everyone would've have been childlike, not childish, the world would be a better place.

~ Nurudeen Ushawu

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Light the candle of success with the flame of excellence.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Listening to your wife is intelligence, hearing every word she doesn't say is wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A book is a whole world that you can fit into your pocket.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The pen is mightier than the sword as long as it doesn't run out of ink.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The universe is one body, love is its heartbeat.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ask for a fish, and you only get one; ask for a net, and you can catch dozens.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you point to paradise, all the shortsighted will see is your finger.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Clear skies do not promise rain.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo