Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes

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

Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.

Evil is an ungodly master

Wisdom is reliable

Diligence acquires wealth

Maxims serve the wise

You can crush a rose

Gathering eggs is commonsense

The universe is one body

Listening to your wife is intelligence

You don’t have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near

An angry wife can be more frightening than an army of disgruntled soldiers.

If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

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

If a tree bears sweet fruit, birds have many reasons to visit it.

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

It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.

The sky won’t shed tears if stars refuse to shine

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.

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

When birds eat from your hand, they are letting the whole world know that they trust you.

Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside.

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

Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset.

Knowing your strengths is intelligence

One bright star is better than a thousand dull moons.

The greatest evidence of what is inside of a seed is its fruit.

If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.

An ugly jar full of water is worth more than an empty beautiful one in the desert.

Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.

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

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.

Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight

It is never a river’s fault that one cannot swim.

A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.

An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.

It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.

The mind speaks, though it does not have lips.The heart moves, though it does not have feet.The soul rises, though it does not have wings.

Know truth. Respect facts. Doubt opinions. Reject lies.

Light is a beautiful servant

You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.

Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.