A wise servant is better than a foolish ruler.
– Matshona Dhliwayo
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- Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler. – SD Smith
- It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- 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. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a servant, but a master of his work! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- every lord was a servant and every servant will be a lord. – Michael Bassey Johnson
- Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night. – SA Tawks
- One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered. – Criss Jami
- It is wise to read some books, and wise to throw away some. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- A wise quote may not be famous and a famous quote may not be wise! Stick to the wise as the other one is just a bubble! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- A foolish son has no advantage over an orphan. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- A foolish rabbit is endeared by a foxes’ smile. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Even the wise appear foolish before one who brings peace to another. – Phoenix Desmond
- God bless our good and gracious King,Whose promise none relies on;Who never said a foolish thing,Nor ever did a wise one. – John Wilmot
- The most difficult thing for a wise woman to do is to pretend to be a foolish one. – W Somerset Maugham
- Whatever you do, foolish or wise, important or unimportant, do with love and enthusiasm. – Debasish Mridha
- You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise. – Michael Ende
- Wisdom is the closest to foolishness, a person can become so wise it leads him to become foolish. – Geoffrey Karl Green
- Happiness & Sadness are two contemporary stages in life. A wise man overcomes sadness with his wisdom, and a foolish man faces it with tears. – Deepak Chandra
- I’m strong because I know my weaknesses. I’m wise because I’ve been foolish. I laugh because I’ve known sadness. – Ziad K Abdelnour
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled – Aristotle
- A true ruler does not rule others, he rules himself. – Andrija Joni
- We can rely on the righteous Ruler. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Your mind is your kingdom, and there you are ruler – Jack Addington
- Any fool with ambition and heartlessness can be a ruler. – Tomichan Matheikal
- I am the rightful ruler of this world And now that I, too, have awakened, like my dragons, I have come to take back what is mine. – Nenia Campbell
- Orpheus said the mind is a slide ruler. It can fit around anything. Show me your body, he said. It only means one thing. – Sarah Ruhl
- Whatever you begin will see the light of day provided you can dream big and be a ruler over your dreams with persistent actions. – Israelmore Ayivor
- If a ruler who wants to act honourably is surrounded by unscrupulous men, his downfall is inevitable. – CJ Sansom
- An immovable object and an unstoppable force don’t exist in universe which ruled by single ruler. – Toba Beta
- Haemon: No city is property of a single man.Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler.Haemon: You’d rule a desert beautifully alone. – Sophocles
- Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job. – Laurell K Hamilton
- Welcome to Ruler’s purgatory. It’s the special club you love to hate. – Scarlett Dawn
- Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler. – Charlotte M Mason
- Using someone else’s ruler to measure your self-worth will always leave you short. – Charles F Glassman