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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors

"Your brightest light will take you to your greatest heights."

"Deliberately plan to be exciting and to be excited."

"What are the beliefs that give life, spirit and passion to your dream and which values will guide your decisions and actions for you to be fulfilled by your own success?"

"Money makes the world go round, but love makes the universe go in every direction."

"Love is the only tyrant whose reign is sweet."

"Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark."

"As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity."

"No matter how much I care for you I cannot grow for you, you have to do your own growing " it's your personal responsibility. Make a plan on how you will get the skills and experience required to become a practitioner of note in your area of choice."

"The obvious signs of a brand gone wrong are the levels of negative headlines it consistently attracts. People talking about you for all the negative and wrong reasons. You begin to shoot yourself in the foot and you have become your own enemy. The gospel about you should be good enough to create relevance and significance - or rather to confirm that."

"You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down."

"If challenges within this Global Economic sphere are not addressed, we risk having the same populace that celebrated the collapse of communism, or their future generations, rising up to demand that we go back to communistic approaches to the economy. Rising national debt of global powers, the growing gap between the rich and poor and the ripple effects of related threats, remain a challenge for the global economy. Will you be one of the leaders who have a unique mission with part of the illusive answers? Will you help more people rise to a better educational and economic status?"

"There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars."

"Begin to grow in wisdom and develop an informed approach to more global issues around you and along your path to success and significance."

"Even if you are counted amongst the best, you will slip into mediocrity by remaining comfortable being the worst of the best. You might be relevant, but because your level of effectiveness is in the bottom tier and your impact minimal " you will soon become obscure as your relevance begins to wear off."

"The ordinary think inside of the box, the extraordinary think outside of the box, but genius thinks inside, outside, below and above the box."

"When darkness comes, stars shine. When storms come, plants flourish. When adversity comes, champions triumph."

"It is never a river's fault that one cannot swim."

"Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them."

"A flower, no matter how beautiful, still has to grow in dirt."

"If you are not sure or you don't know something, politely ask. Asking is not a sign of being daft, but of confidence."

"A knife is cutlery in one hand and a weapon in another."

"A candle is at its brightest in the dark."

"It is in vain to try and kick the wind."

"If you run a hundred miles in your heart, you are ready to run a hundred miles on your feet."

"Not planning for your time expenditure simply means deliberately intending to fail."

"Wisdom frees men, even if they are in prison."

"Think twice as much as others. Study twice as much as others. Work twice as much as others. Give twice as much as others."

"The beauty that is in you is greater than the ugliness that is around you."

"Knock on the sky's door, and stars will open it; knock on the universe's door, and love will open it."

"You need to realize there will always be beliefs that seek to limit and others that seek to stretch you to your highest potential. Just because you cannot see or do something, does not mean it is not there or cannot be done."

"Trees generously share their fruit. Bees generously share their honey. Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise."

"The universe is a masterpiece painted by love's masterstrokes."

"You cannot till this year's land using last year's sun."

"The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want."

"The sky is only the limit if you have not set your eyes on reaching the stars."

"At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise."

"True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes."

"Stars don't beg the sky to shine."

"Look for something good in each person, even if for some people you have to look a little harder."

"A flower that grows in the shade of another blooms slowly."

"The wisdom that comes from being conscious of the real threats to you and your mission will sharpen your deliberateness in decision & choice-making, associations and positioning."

"Remain aware of your weak points; not knowing or choosing to ignore them, means creating dangerous 'blind-spots' in the path to your success."

"To become successful, do the little extra things that ordinary people refuse to do. The little extra hard work, little extra practice, little extra studying and the little extra positive attitude."

"If the sky was the limit, none of our heroes would have reached the moon."

"If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs."

"We don't have the same backgrounds, we do not possess the same skills or talents, we are not from the same generation, and neither do we have access to the same platform to shine. Things are not equal and life is not constant " there will never be the so-called level playing field."

"Society in its boundless ignorance ridicules the caterpillar but praises the butterfly."

"Good friends are divine instruments."

"If in this generation, you still consider yourself the only one who knows or who has the capacity to make a difference, it's a shame because you are delaying this leadership excellence train from reaching its destination. Make a decision to change your leadership philosophy and agenda today!"

"A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter."
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