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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"An entrepreneurial spirit makes you someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business enterprise, talent or calling to become an agent of change."
"Loss of worldly riches is better than loss of heavenly treasures."
"Attitude is the mind-set, the kind of thoughts you process and meditate on, to generate the kind of feelings you have towards life, people and issues. This is what makes you do what you do in the way you do it."
"There should always be a deliberate crafting and packaging of the words you speak so that they produce the kind of results you desire. Enough research has been done in every religion and belief system to support the truth that words have power to create or destroy. This is the reason why all major religions say their prayers. However, your words can only be as powerful and as effective as their sponsor. The words must possess the right substance."
"Beautiful thoughts precede a beautiful life."
"Do not lose focus because of small wins or temporary set-backs. You can only score if you keep your eyes on the ball and be certain of where you want to place it even if you are not in physical sight of the goal. Visualise the dream but never take your eyes off the dynamic plan of action."
"Understand you are neither inferior nor superior, you are just the best of who you are supposed to be. You have set standards for yourself and are ready to meet them."
"Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light."
"Indeed, there are demons that must be cast out by exposure and education, for it is the ignorant and the uninformed who fall prey to the evil trickery and abuse of those who sponsor violence, hatred and every form of extremism. At some point, man's Maker cries out, "My people perish because of a lack of knowledge."
"Falling in love with someone is intentional, even if it was their looks that tripped you."
"You will only become significant in life, by solving the unique set of problems only you and your mission are meant to solve."
"The life of a leader becomes intertwined with the expectations of those influenced as well as society in general. The expectations are so high, sometimes seemingly unreasonable, but all the same a reality that can only be brushed aside to the detriment of the one who does so. The majority of the eyes scrutinizing your life as a leader are not close or obvious " but they exist everywhere. Waiting for you to slip up or make a mistake so they can point, shout, criticize or destroy. Such is the immeasurable influence of leadership and what it attracts to itself."
"If you push your luck too hard, fortune's muscles might tear."
"Your life as an effective person must always have productivity surrounding all your efforts, there must be a sustained forward and upward trajectory in every area of your life. This is where the Shona Shereketa meets the Japanese Kaizen - you are moving and shaking past mediocrity on the basis of small but continuous improvements that will ultimately result in positive quality changes to your life."
"Bathing is not negotiable! So is brushing your teeth and washing your underwear, so that you always have a fresh inviting scent around you. People should want to be around you, not avoid you because of unfriendly odours coming out of your mouth, shoes or armpits. Do the best with what you have; even the old can be made clean and hygienic to improve your image."
"Grass is never green by accident."
"Making success deliberate means that you must make success a habit; and habits are a product of the subconscious mind. We call them habits because we can actually do them without being conscious of what we are doing. Things we end up doing without sitting down to think because we have done them so many times, thought about them so many times they are now imprinted onto our subconscious mind. If we could think about success so much, practice it so much more, then we imprint thoughts and seeds of success onto our subconscious that it becomes a habit."
"Smile more. Laugh more. Love more. Shine more."
"Birds build nests because they cannot fly forever."
"The most expensive jewels are not found around our necks, but in our hearts."
"The door to success may be a few steps away but you still have to walktowards it."
"If you want to know how the heart is related to the soul, love someone."
"Think of success. Dream of Success. Live for success."
"Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness."
"A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow."
"Work, and not wishing, is what brings motion and results from your vision. Don't be lazy. Try and try again, learn and practice, review and refine, then go back to implement again."
"The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build."
"A single star shines brighter than a thousand moons."
"If your soul mate comes with too much baggage, help her unpack it."
"Light enters a broken vessel more easily than an intact one."
"Love's whispers drown out sorrow's echoes."
"If you chase a butterfly, it will escape; if you feed it, it will come."
"Serious businesses and lenders will tell you that managing your cash flow is one of the most important aspects in the health of any business. Managing you time flow is key to a healthy and successful life, because, Time is equal to Life. The quality of time expenditure is in direct proportion to the quality of life enjoyed."
"Don't strive to be superior to others, strive to be better than you were yesterday."
"Tactical use of the media can be equated to power behind your skill or special ability. It is in the power of the media to help market your brand. You just need to look at Hollywood, European football, Bollywood, Nollywood, Global fashion & modeling, showbiz and even humanitarian efforts, to appreciate that the making and destroying of stars, initiatives and legends is to a greater extent influenced by the role played by the media."
"Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination."
"Because it took you years to become so negative, doubting and dis-empowered " it must now become your daily journey to a life-time of positivity and empowering thoughts, words, actions and beliefs."
"Let them judge you, but remain virtuous. Let them criticize you, but remain wise. Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional."
"Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break."
"Do not do everything for your children " teach them personal responsibility and accountability. This includes using your home environment " the kitchen, the garden, making their room/bed, chores " as training platforms. Prepare them to be independent."
"Work is simply, "force x distance or the product of a force applied to an object and the displacement of the object in the direction of the applied force, holding an object in the air does not involve any work, no matter how painful your hand will be after a few minutes, reflect on your daily activities and the results from them. Are you really working or just increasing your potential without progress or desired results? Your work must produce some movement, progress and change, by effectively using all your energies whether intellectual or physical."
"If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden."
"Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring."
"How do you visualize the success of those parts of the world falling under your leadership? What about the success of your organisation, your family and all the people related to the two institutions? How fulfilling are the results of this personal evaluation? What can you start doing about it, today?"
"Learn from the Sun, on account of its warmth it doesn't need to beg anyone to esteem it"
"Once you make the requisite personal commitment to make your success deliberate, that commitment must translate into a definition of higher personal standards meant to depict the true impression of what you have become or are becoming within."
"A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth."
"Two key leadership excellence values worth focusing on separately are being principle-centred and being consistent. The complimentary construction of these leadership fibres can easily be misconstrued for unreasonable stubbornness, yet they form the backbone of strong, effective transformational leadership. In building the legacy advocated for, in leadership excellence brands, you must sharpen the practice of these leadership values in every area of your life."
"Knowledge is the seed, intelligence is the stem, understanding is the branch, and wisdom is the fruit."
"Make your mark in the world with divine ink: love."
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