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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."
"So why don't we take the step of setting goals for ourselves? One reason that stands out is that we aren't willing to accept full responsibility for our lives. If we don't set goals, then we don't have to reach them. Another excuse is that goal setting has never been part of our lives or culture. As a result, we may end up mixing with people who have no clear idea where they are headed, becoming a person who "follows the followers."
"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."
"The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left behind the most happy memories."
"It is impossible to make your own luck without the ingredient of hard work."
"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."
"If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you."
"Love gives with its eyes closed, hate destroys with its eyes open."
"When you look up and don't see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them."
"Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy."
"Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful."
"Love is a hook; the moment a man swallows it, a woman knows she has him forever."
"A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty."
"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."
"Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet."
"When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it."
"If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert."
"There are thousands of languages around the world, but love is the most beautiful of them all."
"Talent is the seed, hard work is the stem, perseverance is the branch, and success is the fruit."
"If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you."
"Building bridges requires greater effort than building walls."
"Self-discovery is a journey of questioning yourself."
"The only white man you can trust is a dead white man."
"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 ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea."
"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."
"Smiling through confusion is courage. Smiling through tears is strength. Smiling through pain is power. Smiling through tragedy is greatness."
"The greater the humiliation, the greater the accolades. The greater the opposition, the greater the triumph. The greater the pain, the greater the blessing. The greater the loss, the greater the gain. The greater the danger, the greater the glory."
"A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure."
"A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies."
"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
"One bee cannot build a hive, one ant cannot build a colony."
"To shine always love always."
"Values are the guiding principles through which you make choices and decisions. They are influenced by your beliefs, and will help you uphold a higher standard of personal character."
"The great are inspired. The extraordinary inspire."
"You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul."
"Stars cannot achieve their highest potential without the dark."
"The sun and stars never apologize for shinning, neither should you."
"Light poured out multiplies light poured in."
"Emotions or feelings stem from your attitude and they become the basis on which you decide or act. All decisions, choices and actions have some kind of underlying emotional influence. To change the way you feel about someone or something you must first change the way you think about them."
"It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born."
"A vessel's beauty does not determine how much water it carries."
"The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late."
"He who despises a poor man's wisdom has turned away great riches."
"A star doesn't need words to tell the world what it does, it just shines."
"It will take faith, to know success can still be attained regardless of unfairness or disadvantages availed by any system you operate within."
"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."
"An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear."
"Your inner light lights up your outer world."
"When you count your blessings, count life twice."
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