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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth."
"Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow."
"Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire."
"Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns."
"When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one."
"Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom."
"You are your greatest asset in the business of your life."
"Never mock a cub, one day it will become a lion."
"Light another's path and the universe will light your own."
"At times the challenges will displace us or some of the things that are important to us. If we strengthen our belief system from within " those challenges must inevitably begin to float away and not take root or force us to sink."
"Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light."
"Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers."
"Bless the world with your positive thoughts, with your positive desires, with your positive words, and with your positive actions."
"You must first move from mediocrity to relevance in the realm of your dream, before it can translate into a driving passion that fuels your success. There are no impossibilities in a dream, there are no figures that are too big or obstacles that are unscalable, no distances too far or expertise considered too small " there is unlimited possibility in a dream. Your dream must be bigger than you and inspiring enough to outlive you."
"No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out."
"Doing what others have done is skill. Dong what few have done is talent. Doing what none have done is genius. Going where others have gone is competence. Going where few have gone is excellence. Going where none have gone is transcendence."
"Harness your mind's powerand you can reach the mountaintop. Harness your heart's powerand you can reach the stars. Harness your soul's powerand you can reach the edge of the universe."
"Saying 'I'm sorry' earns you my attention, proving you're sorry earns you my heart."
"Half a brain is better than none."
"It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly."
"Books have more useful things to say than fools."
"Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success."
"Great fish do not swim in small rivers."
"Folly and evil are twins; the devil is their father, and wisdom is their enemy."
"Whether the glass is half empty or half full, you have the power to fill it up."
"In temples you find religion, but in hearts you find God."
"If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters."
"Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them."
"You can see a person without using your eyes, hear a person without using your ears, carry a person without using your hands, speak to a person without using your mouth, and move a person without using your feet."
"Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning."
"Overcoming what frightens you the most strengthens you the most."
"He who has foresight has more than two eyes."
"If a flower perseveres through concrete, you can persevere through anything."
"Be slow to teach, and quick to learn."
"Fortune hides behind action."
"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 smile is a song from the heart, a tear is a letter from the soul."
"Pursuing your dreams is the best way of insulating yourself from your nightmares."
"An inch to a man's heart is a mile to his wallet."
"To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship."
"Never despair if you have to start at the bottom, not even the sun rises from the top."
"Destiny is like a train with no brakes, unstoppable."
"Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance."
"The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward."
"When love enters your heart, hate is given an eviction notice."
"Ordinary people think you are crazy when you attempt the impossible, deride you when you are halfway to achieving it, and envy you when you achieve it."
"The road to failure is wide. The road to mediocrity is smooth. The road to success is bumpy. The road to genius is narrow. The road to greatness is steep."
"Plan from your internal or spiritual view of things. The external view always has a way of distorting, discouraging and limiting your dream."
"My personal convictions drive me to join those like-minded, in the recruitment of a growing army without guns, no hatred or prejudice, but with a leadership voice of influence and harnessing resources to create the change they desire. The major problems facing the world, particularly our beloved African continent, will not be won by sanctions, cruelty, ethnic cleansing, revenge, guns or bullets. The challenges are not largely externally motivated, so the platform to change them must shift. Shift from selfish to selfless, from external to internal, from behaviours to beliefs. Some of them are externally sponsored but self-inflicted, whilst most of them are due to greed, short-sightedness, abuse and selfishness."
"A floating leaf has more to boast about than a sinking ship."
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