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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"The distance you walk on water depends on how great your faith is."
"Success is always looking for the next best man because she knows how valuable she is."
"Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God."
"To enter the door of greatness you need the key of faith."
"Never despair if you have to start at the bottom, not even the sun rises from the top."
"Love came, it saw, and it conquered me."
"Timeless wisdom brings timeless blessings."
"Love is the only tyrant whose reign is sweet."
"To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages."
"You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down."
"In temples you find religion, but in hearts you find God."
"It is never a river's fault that one cannot swim."
"Light enters a broken vessel more easily than an intact one."
"To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them."
"I have come to hide you, - darkness told the star. "I'm too bright", the defiant star replied."
"Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders."
"Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army."
"Seeds do not make a sound when growing, but can even reach the sky. Learn from them."
"If there is no room in the river, swim to the ocean."
"Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom."
"Gravity is no match against one who is determined to reach the stars."
"Never mock a cub, one day it will become a lion."
"Pebbles that bring you joy are better than diamonds that bring you sorrow."
"Development of states, urbanization, mechanization and industrialisation have all brought phenomenal strides to growth and prosperity of economies and their populace. They have also brought with them the insatiable need for energy resources with the related offspring of instability, conflict, war and corruption."
"When they judge you, yawn. When they misunderstand you, smile. When they underestimate you, laugh. When they condemn you, ignore. When they envy you, rejoice. When they oppose you, prevail."
"Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror."
"If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces."
"Thank the past for all the lessons it taught you, anticipate the future for all the blessings it has in store for you."
"A toothless wolf is less dangerous than a fanged insect."
"When the heart says "yes" - it is difficult for the mind to say "no."
"Today is tomorrow's stepping stone, but for the wise it is a ladder."
"If a flower perseveres through concrete, you can persevere through anything."
"Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you."
"You become what you allow yourself to become."
"Think how the great think, do what the great do, live how the great live, and you will achieve what the great achieve."
"If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world."
"The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it."
"If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows."
"Adversity is opportunity inside out."
"Anger has strength, hate has might, but love has power."
"Women are like shadows; when you chase them, they run from you; when you run from them, they chase you."
"Fortune hides behind action."
"Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom."
"If we take care of our neighbors, our neighbors will take care of us. If we take care of our friends, our friends will take care of us. If we take care of our family, our family will take care of us. If we take care of others, our God will take care of us."
"A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest."
"Walking on water requires feet of faith."
"Great fish do not swim in small rivers."
"As water downs ships but upholds leaves, and as fires burn cities but refines gold, so do life's troubles propel the meek to greatnessand the proud to ruin."
"To be wise for one day is better than to be intelligent for a hundred."
"Those who know you see your tears even in the rain."
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