Wise Words Quotes Quotes

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

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

Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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