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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"The caterpillar they despise today is the butterfly they praise tomorrow."
"Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy."
"Staring at the mountain requires nothing. Climbing the mountain requires strength. Reaching the mountaintop requires perseverance. Staying at the mountaintop requires wisdom. Reaching for the stars requires everything."
"A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within."
"When you look up and don't see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them."
"Love gives with its eyes closed, hate destroys with its eyes open."
"Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful."
"If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you."
"He who despises a poor man's wisdom has turned away great riches."
"The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left behind the most happy memories."
"The only white man you can trust is a dead white man."
"Money can't buy love, but it can buy a woman's attention."
"Pick your friends like you pick your battles, wisely."
"A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea."
"Hear others, and you will be heard. Understand others, and you will be understood. Help others, and you be will be helped. Love others, and you will be loved."
"A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty."
"It is impossible to make your own luck without the ingredient of hard work."
"A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure."
"Smiling through confusion is courage. Smiling through tears is strength. Smiling through pain is power. Smiling through tragedy is greatness."
"If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you."
"A star doesn't need words to tell the world what it does, it just shines."
"One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous."
"An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear."
"When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it."
"Talent is the seed, hard work is the stem, perseverance is the branch, and success is the fruit."
"When you look in the mirror and see your reflection, your eyes are open; when you look in the mirror and see God, your soul is open."
"When you have pictured and defined your desired legacy, allow your present life activities and efforts to begin reflecting the future you desire. Begin to do what you want to see, become involved in the causes you want to be a part of. Show your legatees how you want and expect things to be done after you are gone. This will enable them to fit the vision into their own as they make their own individual unique mark."
"Self-discovery is a journey of questioning yourself."
"Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet."
"Love is a hook; the moment a man swallows it, a woman knows she has him forever."
"Two minds are smarter than one. Two hands are stronger than one. Two hearts are mightier than one. Two souls are greater than one."
"Stars don't beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up."
"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."
"When you count your blessings, count life twice."
"Perfectionists are patient, the diligent are persevering, and the relentless are successful."
"If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert."
"When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them."
"Life may be a bed of roses, but roses still have thorns."
"Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power."
"Sow wisdom today, and you will reap success tomorrow."
"You cannot aspire for greatness and fit in at the same time."
"Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds."
"A star does not compete with other stars around it, it just shines."
"Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one."
"The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity."
"If you do not chase success, you will be overtaken by failure."
"Light poured out multiplies light poured in."
"There are thousands of languages around the world, but love is the most beautiful of them all."
"The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky."
"By lighting another's candle you brighten your own."
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