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.
Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open.
The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.
A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows.
Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.
Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.
A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.
If you point to paradise, all the shortsighted will see is your finger.
A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it.
Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns.
Clear skies do not promise rain.
A rose’s beautiful scent is extracted only when it is crushed.
Don't burn your bridges until you build better ones.
Gathering eggs is commonsense, waiting for them to hatch is wisdom.
It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.
Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.
The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.
If you push your luck too hard, fortune's muscles might tear.
Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.
Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life.
If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.
A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener’s enemy.
You don't throw a compass overboard because the ocean is calm.
Walking towards love is wiser than falling into it.
An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.
Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter.
A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.
A large vessel will never fill up no matter how small the leak is.
Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.
Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow.
Love is the most beautiful flower in the garden of life.
A drop of sense can save you an ocean of tears.
Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.
You learn more from your tears than your smiles.
One man's thorn is another man's rose.
Pearls of wisdom are better than necklaces of diamonds.
Pearls from the soul are more precious than diamonds from the mine.
One who loves roses cannot avoid its thorns.
The heart carries heavy loads when it is being trained to carry weighty blessings.
