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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"When you are in love, your eyes see him only, your ears hear him only, your mouth speaks of him only, your mind thinks of him only, your heart desires him only, your soul lives for him only, and your entire universe is about him only."
"Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful."
"When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it."
"When you are at your lowest God is getting ready to take you to your highest."
"A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea."
"Do not hold grudges against those who try to keep you down; the higher you go, the smaller they become. Do not trust those who try to push you down once you are up; the more envious they are, the more dangerous they become."
"Money can't buy love, but it can buy a woman's attention."
"An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear."
"It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons."
"Talent is the seed, hard work is the stem, perseverance is the branch, and success is the fruit."
"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."
"A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure."
"When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them."
"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."
"By lighting another's candle you brighten your own."
"When you look up and don't see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them."
"Smiling through confusion is courage. Smiling through tears is strength. Smiling through pain is power. Smiling through tragedy is greatness."
"Stars don't beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up."
"Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy."
"Love is a hook; the moment a man swallows it, a woman knows she has him forever."
"Pick your friends like you pick your battles, wisely."
"The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky."
"Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet."
"Debate, but do not argue. Challenge, but do not force your opinions. To win an argument, but lose a friendship, is a loss. To lose an argument, but retain a friendship, is gain."
"It is impossible to make your own luck without the ingredient of hard work."
"Critics are loud, but success is louder."
"Your personal brand must exude who you are, what you stand for, specifies your target market, what value you intend to add to them and the unique offering through which you will do that."
"Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds."
"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."
"A star does not compete with other stars around it, it just shines."
"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."
"A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty."
"He who despises a poor man's wisdom has turned away great riches."
"You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great."
"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."
"Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one."
"Less fear, more courage. Less doubt, more faith. Less talking, more action. Less ignorance, more knowledge."
"Sow wisdom today, and you will reap success tomorrow."
"Love gives with its eyes closed, hate destroys with its eyes open."
"The greater the pressure the brighter the diamond."
"A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty."
"When you count your blessings, count life twice."
"Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment."
"Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs."
"If a ship is strong, the ocean's tides do not trouble it."
"The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity."
"A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies."
"There are thousands of languages around the world, but love is the most beautiful of them all."
"Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can."
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