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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."
"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."
"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."
"You have two eyes, but the discerning have three. You have two ears, but the wise have four. You have two hands, but the enlightened have five."
"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."
"Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet."
"The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left behind the most happy memories."
"If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you."
"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."
"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."
"When you look up and don't see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them."
"Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful."
"There are thousands of languages around the world, but love is the most beautiful of them all."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert."
"Love is a hook; the moment a man swallows it, a woman knows she has him forever."
"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."
"Love gives with its eyes closed, hate destroys with its eyes open."
"Building bridges requires greater effort than building walls."
"Self-discovery is a journey of questioning yourself."
"Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth."
"A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea."
"The only white man you can trust is a dead white man."
"One bee cannot build a hive, one ant cannot build a colony."
"Light poured out multiplies light poured in."
"Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy."
"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."
"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
"The sun and stars never apologize for shinning, neither should you."
"To shine always love always."
"It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born."
"Stars cannot achieve their highest potential without the dark."
"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."
"It will take faith, to know success can still be attained regardless of unfairness or disadvantages availed by any system you operate within."
"The great are inspired. The extraordinary inspire."
"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."
"You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul."
"Stars don't beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up."
"Those who put you in difficult times are enemies. Those who forsook you in difficult times are acquaintances. Those who stood by you in difficult times are friends. Those who fought for you in difficult times are family."
"When you count your blessings, count life twice."
"Selling and teaching demand that you develop your intrapersonal and interpersonal communication skills. You must be able to communicate with yourself as well as with others in a way that makes them buy your offering or benefit from the knowledge you want to impart."
"The sky does not despair when a star falls, it makes room for a new one."
"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."
"As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles."
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