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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Let your resolution and confession be, 'I will change these things because I want to succeed, and I want to succeed because it will bring me the happiness I seek and desire."
"When the head tries to rule the heart, emotion poisons it."
"Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst."
"When everybody is planting apples a visionary plants oranges."
"You must learn to accept that humans make mistakes, but when the same issue is repeated over and over without corrective strategies to plug the holes, then you must expect negative impact on your definition of success. It is normal to make a mistake, but learn, face the consequences, get back up and march on. If you want to be different or stand out as a brand, then your actions, habits, behaviours and decisions must reflect that 'you care about what people think or say about you."
"Stand up. Stand out. Stand firm. Stand strong."
"Seek to develop your skill and talent to a level of relevance. Create a platform to shine and make sure you are bringing a difference to the areas that require your expertise. A pastor who does not teach or pray for people, a football player always playing pool, a body builder who doesn't eat but sleeps all day, a student who studies only towards examinations, a politician without a cause and a business without a customer service culture all have one thing in common " sooner or later they will all become irrelevant. Never miss the chance to practice the call of your mission, even if you are not getting paid for it."
"The most reliable friend you have is your shadow."
"To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love."
"The sweetest apples are eaten first."
"Forgive those who hurt you yesterday. Reward those who help you today. Remember those who help you tomorrow."
"If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more."
"Begin to invest in productive capacity, and the ability to see people flying or shining on the platform you have set for them in support of your vision. You need to draw the best out of them so that the reach and impact of your vision becomes phenomenal. See them as your extension, the multiplication of the tentacles of your vision and mission " sometimes when they shine, they are not trying to replace you at all, they are trying to be a "little you somewhere you cannot be, as you focus on other key strategic issues elsewhere."
"The world's most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife."
"One of the greatest tools you cannot do without is the media. These various means for mass communication and those involved in them must be your partners and not your enemies, you must not be afraid of them but befriend and love them. If you are going to be significant and relevant then you are going to need someone to help broadcast your voice and channel your substance to the world."
"Do not hire those who are incapable. Do not fire those who are capable. A small, devoted army is greaterthan a large, indifferent one."
"What makes you succeed must be possessed where it cannot be taken away. The internal capacity to succeed is more important than the external and temporal manifestation of success."
"Strength comes from ignoring your critics. Power comes from mastering your fears. Fortitude comes from wrestling your opponents. Superiority comes from overcoming your losses. Greatness comes from conquering your weaknesses."
"The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise."
"Train your emotions to listen to your fundamental empowering beliefs. Be principle-centred and values-driven."
"Envy is admiration laced with resentment."
"Seek wisdom, and success will find you."
"While stabbing someones back, you recklessly expose your own."
"To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all."
"Trust unites, fear divides, mercy heals, and love conquers."
"It is in vain to wipe away tears in the rain."
"It is better to learn two important lessons in life than a thousand when you are about to die."
"As the day you get married is as important as the years of courtship, so the journey to success is as important as success itself."
"The higher you rise, the smaller your enemies."
"A bird does not achieve its highest potential inside its shell."
"The further you are in the wilderness, the closer the Promised Land is."
"A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark."
"Fish that boast in a pond should not boast in the ocean."
"A face can have a thousand wrinkles, but the soul have none."
"A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest."
"Walking on water requires feet of faith."
"The world's most beautiful angel is love inside your soul."
"Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box."
"Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible, they shine brighter."
"Exercise your faith and you exorcise your fears."
"Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears."
"Around the world, the perception and reality of corruption and bad governance in public places remains very high. But it isn't just in governments that these are found; they can permeate through society, where they are rampant in private enterprises and even religious institutions. We need to deal with the causes, not just consequences. You will need to play your role, both as a good example as well as part of the social police force. Cultures and beliefs must change at a personal level as well as at institutional levels."
"Money might be a reward (by-product) but should not always be the only goal of your efforts and enterprise."
"Love is black. Love is white. Love is brown. Love is humanity."
"Believe in yourself, not in your critics."
"Stop judging yourself on the basis of your appearance or condition of present circumstances. You may have an old car, in debt, job stress, and a troubled relationship, but they are not a true reflection of you as long as you are working on the vision of what you will be years from now."
"It is easier to fall off of a ladder than to climb one."
"The ostrich-approach of burying your head in the sand, when confronting your areas of weakness, becomes a self-set trigger for failure."
"Leveraging your personal strengths means you will also need to become clearer about those strengths. It is easier to build on what you are already good at than start from your weaker areas. Take time to list down your strengths and reflect on them."
"As the sun hides behind clouds, success hides behind trouble."
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