Wisdom Quote Quotes

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

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

I do not know who I am, said the wise man, and went his way of knowledge unto the end of days.

Kristian Goldmund Aumann

If the sun needed friends to shine, it would not rule the sky alone.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

Matshona Dhliwayo

To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

True wisdom lies in the pure roots of untouchedly souls.

Kristian Goldmund Aumann

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is strength, understanding is mastery, and wisdom is power.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

Only fools are born wise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

Matshona Dhliwayo

We live in times where the speed of our life is increasing but leading us nowhere.

Usually, if you think something's wrong, it probably is...

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hard

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Sometimes our work as caregivers is not for the faint of heart. But, you will never know what you are made of until you step into the fire. Step bravely!

Deborah A. Beasley

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An ounce of wisdom can prevent a pound of folly.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.

This is because secrets are terrible things. Even the simplest ones

Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Matshona Dhliwayo

Nobody has ever been beyond his own Illusion of Life.

Does somebody know why the consciousness of death has to die?

Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it

Bangambiki Habyarimana

It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.

Matshona Dhliwayo

For me I see the world as one big nation, where everyone in it is a citizen, so it is our responsibility to make it better.

Nurudeen Ushawu

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An archer must never blame a target for missing it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Brave cubs become fierce lions.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like water; soft as it is, it breaks through rocks and impenetrable surfaces.

Matshona Dhliwayo

'Lady Wisdom' is my wife and those I reach with Truth understood are my children".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.

Matshona Dhliwayo

We shall not fail. The dream will be fulfilled.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Each situation is a blossom to be picked with a curious spirit.

Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who throws stones at others has less to use to build his own house.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet.

How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellows

The leaves of hopes which have destined words in the body of the thought have settled to the ground. This is the world.

All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you.

Love should never be too much or too less, yet it cannot be measured.

Rizi Dame C. Briz

A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Never show your weakness before adversary.

Euginia Herlihy

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

One who never reads only goes where his feet can take him, but one who does, travels around the world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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