Proverbs of Kagisho Molema Part 1
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Do not neglect temporal matters for spiritual matters. Do not reject spiritual matters for temporal matters.
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Do not neglect the body for the mind. Do not reject the mind for the body.
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Do not neglect homemaking for a career. Do not reject a career for homemaking.
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Do not become a hero for the people but not a hero to your own children.
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Do not wish to gain the respect and honour of people, earn your own respect.
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Do not sacrifice thinking big for paying attention to detail and do not dismiss paying attention to detail for thinking big.
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The big acts are important, so are the small acts.
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Do not underestimate your own impact in the world, do not overestimate your importance in the world.
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Do not lose your curiosity for focus, do not lose your focus for curiosity.
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The student is the expert, and the expert is the student.
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Not too smart, too wise, too good looking, too serious, too pious. All things done in absence of moderation are an addiction.
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Exercise makes the mind strong, and reading makes the body intelligent.
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The jumping jack is a criminally underrated exercise.
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Freedom is the ability to do your work without fetters.
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Play is just as important as work.
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It takes a lifetime to be well-read.
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Don’t talk about them, make them talk about you.
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Your real life begins the day you learn the power of being indifferent.
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Love makes 24 hours a perfect day.
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Of all the things you could lose, do not lose faith.
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Prepare tomorrow’s outfit tonight.
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Out of pen and journals come empires.
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You don’t win until you see it.
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To begin poorly is better than to never start.
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You cannot edit something that is not written.
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Prepare for winding roads.
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I have never been on a straight road to somewhere.
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They are funny people, they would rather jump off a bridge with a rope tied to their feet than learn how to love.
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Children, keep in the middle of the road.
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The man in the arena becomes a student of war.
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A badly conceived plan is better than no plan at all.
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Dabble in absurdities to cut through the noise.
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Travellers are encyclopedias of experience.
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Going in the wrong direction is better than standing still.
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“What are people going to say?” is the quickest way to squander your life.
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Eat little at the royal buffet of talking, for too much of it makes people sick.
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Traps are used to catch lions and people are caught by their own lies.
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You return to yourself when you dance like no one is watching.
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Do not like anything too much.
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Any food tastes like a 5 star meal after fasting.
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Do not spoil your taste buds with excessively rich tastes.
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There are no new possibilities in doing what has always been done.
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Good oral hygiene depends on how many teeth you want to keep as you grow older.
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Nothing beats cultivated simplicity.
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There is nothing in it for those who never try.
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There is always a reward for those who try even when they fail.
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Love increases a person’s risk appetite.
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A dream never dies, it lives on in your descendants.
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It is a not dream until it is considered unrealistic.
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It costs nothing to dream so go all out.
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It is a disservice to the world if you don’t write down your own proverbs for future generations.
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Never turn a feeling into a mood.
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Don’t reveal everything at once, leave room for imagination.
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Prayer coupled with bold action is always a winning pair.
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Don’t devote too much time to reflection, don’t allow all your time to be taken up by action.
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Say no to too much meat, say no to too many vegetables.
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Hold softly to what you know and play slightly in the unknown.
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Everywhere you go, there you are.
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Too many good things often come from being at the right place at the right time.
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To say sorry is the closest thing a human can be to an angel.
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To do what everyone is doing will get you what everyone has.
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Always call people by their right titles and show respect for their office in life.
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Wear your clothes, don’t let them wear you.
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Own your things don’t let them own you.
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There is absolutely no reason to eat at a funeral.
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If you look someone in the eye long enough, their pupils begin to look like the ocean.
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Being on time is cool and being early is elegantly fashionable.
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Don’t judge yourself too early.
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Have the barracuda mindset, be willing to suck.
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There is no love in the camera.
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Take what you get today, tomorrow is always a good day to try again.
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If you increase the pace of your walk, you will see the world from a different angle.
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If you don’t believe, they also won’t believe who you say you are.
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To master a skill will earn you coins but to know how to tell a story will win you a place among kings.
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Bad manners are an attribute of the bottom of the barrel.
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Being honest depends on how well you want to sleep at night.
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You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it.
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Nothing is new under the sun, but we haven’t seen your take on it.
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Enemies will elevate you higher than your friends.
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Losers bring losses and winners bring wins.
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Don’t delegate your judgement and taste to other people, no matter how highly placed they are in life.
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Always leave the party at the right time.
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Be both modern and traditional.
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The good old days are nothing compared to the great today.
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Life responds to effort.
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A hero is anyone who is trying.
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Bringing old habits into your life, is the same as an adult who wets their bed.
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They hate it today and love it tomorrow, how can the customer always be right?
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Look at both the positives and negatives, it is only fair.
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Don’t create heroes, don’t think too highly of people.
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How others feel about you matters less than how you feel about yourself.
Stay on the path of righteousness and be triumphant always.
I love you all.
Let me know in the comment section which proverb spoke to you the most. Bye!
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