Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

Acquaintances are numerous. Friends are few. Enemies many.

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.

Wisdom is more faithful than a woman, and knowledge is more faithful than a friend.Folly is more oppressive than a tyrant, and evil more overwhelming than fury.

Light is formless, but pierces the eyes.Wisdom is formless, but pierces the mind.Faith is formless, but pierces the heart.Love is formless, but pierces the soul.

To forsake wisdom is to seek folly, to seek folly is to seek evil, to seek evil is to be in the arms of the devil, and to be in the arms of the devil is be in the arms of death.

Wisdom is a teacher, God is its professor.The wise are His students, life is His rod, and eternal life is our reward.

It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly.

Scholars love knowledge.Philosophers love wisdom.The most knowledgeable become professors.The most wise become sages.

When you strike the shepherd you strike the sheep.

It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity.

What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open.

Liars corrupt knowledge, and fools pervert wisdom, but the wise hallow both.Knowledge holds the truth.

Wisdom is a reliable companion.

Wisdom is better than flattery, even if bitter in your ears.

A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself.

The upright are richer in deeds than the wealthy are in gold.

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

A living fool is worth less than a dead hero.

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

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