"Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you."
- Matshona Dhliwayo
"Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them."
"In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life."
"To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all."
"One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world."
"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."
"The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it."
"A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty."
"The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build."
"When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed."