Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

One who cannot dance must not blame the song.

Because the sun helps you in the day, do not scoff at stars at night.

Seek to be the smartest in a room, not the loudest.

An open heart has greater power than a clenched fist.

Valid questions are better than invalid assumptions.

Don't judge a lion by its swimming abilities.

It is in vain to wipe away tears in the rain.

God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.

Light enters a broken vessel more easily than an intact one.

Anger slowly.Forgive quickly.Trust cautiously.Love easily.

Smiling through confusion is courage.Smiling through tears is strength.Smiling through pain is power.Smiling through tragedy is greatness.

Dream more.Learn more.Work more.Become more.

You cannot lose if you have learned one new lesson.You cannot lose if you have helped one new person.You cannot lose if you have overcome one new obstacle.

A spider is slow, but its web catches the fastest flies.

You have the world at your feet if you have wisdom in your mind.You have the world in your hands if you have joy in your heart.You have the world in your bosom if you have love in your soul.

A clean pond is more useful than a dirty ocean.

You cannot catch a whale and a fish with the same bait.

A strong ant is better than a weak lion.

It is at the edge of intelligence that wisdom awaits.

A cowardly warrior is like a toothless lion.

Clenched fists are not open to receive blessings.

A lion is only dangerous if it has teeth.

You cannot till this year’s land using last year’s sun.

A toothless wolf is less dangerous than a fanged insect.

Read when you can.Teach when you ought.Learn when you must.Apply when you should.

Think twice as much as others.Study twice as much as others.Work twice as much as others.Give twice as much as others.

Knowledge makes you strong, understanding makes you formidable, wisdom makes you powerful, and love makes you invincible.

You have not lost if you have learned one new lesson.You have not lost if you have helped one new person.You have not lost if you have overcome one new obstacle.

Listen until you're the smartest.Learn until you're the wisest.Live until you're the merriest.Love until you're the kindest.

Don't speak thoughtlessly.Don't worry unnecessarily.Don't work half-heartedly.Don't spend recklessly.Don't give begrudgingly.Don't act self-centeredly.Don't live short-sightedly.

The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars.

He who walks with the wise goes farther than he who runs with fools.

What is in great demand, but scarce, is expensive, but even when wisdom is not in demand it is priceless.

Action is king, but wisdom is queen.

Greed is the seed of corruptionas much as virtue is the seed of justice.Wisdom is the seed of successas much as vice is the seed of destruction.

If you debate the wise, no matter how poor, they will hearken to wisdom.If you debate the foolish, no matter how rich, they will mock wisdom.

Don't wait for wisdom to come and rescue you, seek it daily.

Ancient wisdom is a present blessing.

Faith is receiving a blessing before you have seen it.Wisdom is taking care of the blessing once you have received it.

One secret to wisdom:think more, speak less.If you let your words be few, your troubles will not be many.

He who despises a poor man’s wisdom has turned away great riches.

I would rather be average and wise than be extraordinary and imprudent.

Wisdom’s slaves are better than folly’s kings.

Acquaintances are numerous. Friends are few. Enemies many.

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.

Understanding is important for studying, knowledge is important for teaching, and wisdom is important for living.

Little things matter. Even a small tear wets the face.

Understanding is to knowledge what the flesh is to the body. Insight is to wisdom what life is to the soul.

It is wise to read some books, and wise to throw away some.

Knowledge is air to the wise.Wisdom is poison to a fool.