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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Study to acquire knowledge - not just to get a certificate or promotion. Acquisition of knowledge is key to the programming or reprogramming of your mind and expanding your frame of reference. Choose the areas of study in line with your vision and mission as well as your strengths and interests. Make sure you seek opportunities to practice and implement the new information and knowledge you gain from your study."
"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."
"Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions."
"The roots of the strongest tree grow deep."
"No matter how great you are at what you do, as long as you remain known only within your own family circles, then you and your talent will die in obscurity and irrelevance. Position yourself to influence the masses by having a media, marketing and communication strategy."
"To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear."
"Never stop asking questions. Always take time to reflect and find answers. Stop, Think and Use Your Brain!"
"The size of your storm determines the size of your rainbow."
"The question is what kind of stuff do you immerse your mind in? What kind of food does your brain feed on? What kind of exercise does it get and for what purpose? What do you spend time listening to? What thoughts do you entertain? All these are the processes that form the conveyor belt into your subconscious mind."
"A bird cannot love freely when caged."
"I have never met anyone who gave back a heart they stole."
"It is difficult to soar to your destiny carrying the burden of doubt, impossible to soar to your destiny carrying the burden of fear, but conceivable to soar to your destiny carried by the wings of faith."
"It is at the edge of excellence that genius awaits."
"Resist men who tell you your dreams are impossible; embrace those who, even though they do not believe in them, encourage you."
"Programming means your mindset, thought processes and frame of reference must be correctly wired and mapped to enable the incubation of thoughts and ideas that lead to success. Your subconscious mind is key in this process and will always look for ways and means, night and day, to fulfil and implement the thoughts that are always fed into it. It is your faithful servant. I call it the connection between God and man. It is an essential part of the human spirit."
"First accept the reality that we are all prejudiced because we have things and issues we have biases towards or against, based on our beliefs, thoughts and experiences. Accept that it is possible to differ on opinions, beliefs and philosophies without necessarily becoming inhumane or acrimonious towards each other."
"Never underestimate the power of thought. It takes days and nights of pre-meditating ideas, thoughts, pictures and visions of what you would call success. Allow your mind to be pregnant with the thought of success and how you want to achieve it. This will enable you not to be shocked by your own success when you finally achieve it, because you would have lived it countless times before."
"Holding onto fear is weakness, holding onto faith is strength."
"What are the obvious temptations and inclinations that consistently call me or entice me to go against my personal beliefs, values and standards? You don't need a prophet for this!"
"You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy."
"Be like water; soft as it is, it breaks through rocks and impenetrable surfaces."
"If you are a person of faith like me, then learn to discern between what requires medical intervention and what requires spiritual or even psychological specialists. There are enough physicians and specialists to deal with medical conditions, allow them to play their part without disturbing their interventions by adopting untested bush-advice."
"If you chase a butterfly, it will escape; if you feed it, it will come."
"The most beautiful rainbows are sometimes formed in the ugliest storms."
"If you are not sure or you don't know something, politely ask. Asking is not a sign of being daft, but of confidence."
"The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up."
"Don't strive to be superior to others, strive to be better than you were yesterday."
"There is more fulfilment when sharing with others than enjoying on your own - whatever success you achieve."
"He who is deaf to wisdom is blind to good."
"Even if you bury me underground and put a concrete slab over the hole " one day you will wake up to find a crack in the concrete with a tiny green sprout shooting through. When you see that shoot " that will be me!"
"Unswerving devotion to your goals is success."
"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."
"Dance to the beat of your own drum, whether the world likes your rhythmic movements or not."
"Every leader must be challenged to educate their followers and capacitate them with knowledge, tools and a voice to champion their own causes and become actively involved in setting the agenda for citizen participation in social transformation. Don't create a dependent constituency; develop and lead other leaders who demonstrate a growing personal responsibility for their own success as well as for those around them."
"If you can't climb a tree, shake it, and its fruit will fall."
"The soul's garden is watered by love's rivers."
"Honey does not lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting."
"Personalising success means defining it in line with your defined mission and beliefs. This will help ignite a passion for the dream as well as develop underlying values and attitudes."
"The setting of SMART goals has been written about extensively over the decades, but will only be as useful as the extent to which its principles are used."
"You may have a small body, but great strength. You may have an ordinary mind, but great wisdom. You may have a wounded heart, but great courage. You may have a weary soul, but great love."
"Roses bloom whether you praise them or not."
"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."
"Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset."
"The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul."
"Falling in love with a woman's body is lust, with a woman's mind is sense, with a woman's heart is virtue, and with a woman's soul is wisdom."
"Because failure works double time, to get success, work triple time."
"You must first become " before you are appointed, conferred or pronounced. Unfortunate challenges and failures are likely to be manifested whenever conferment precedes becoming what you aim to be. Be ready to maturely handle success."
"Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them."
"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."
"If you cannot see it in your mind, then it becomes difficult to get. If you can personally visualize it, it becomes easier and more realistic to achieve."
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