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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Love is God's shadow as He strolls through the universe."
"A rainbow is a storm's masterpiece."
"Intelligence will take you to the mountaintop, wisdom will take you to the stars."
"When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul."
"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!"
"Dream more. Learn more. Work more. Become more."
"Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks."
"To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them."
"A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts."
"Pride destroys a man quicker than ignorance."
"Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one."
"Joy gives you strength. Hope gives you fortitude. Faith gives you courage. Love gives you power."
"Lend your ears to the deaf, your eyes to the blind, your hands to the weak, your tongue to the mute, your mind to the perplexed, and your heart to the weary."
"There is more fulfilment when sharing with others than enjoying on your own - whatever success you achieve."
"Danger is opportunity's seer."
"For a marriage to work a husband must learn these two words: "Yes dear."
"If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion."
"Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset."
"Brilliance is the masterpiece of your mind. Excellence is the masterpiece of your heart. Genius is the masterpiece of your soul."
"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."
"Use the pebbles of failure to build yourself a bridge to success."
"If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it."
"Success and perseverance are Siamese twins: where one goes the other follows."
"One kind deed is more beautiful than a thousand good intentions."
"Your personal development is your personal responsibility. No one can study or acquire knowledge for you. There are things only you can do, to bring the change or the results you require to make progress in life."
"Due to climate change and growing world population, the demand for vital requirements for human survival will continue to rise. If the world is not producing as much food as demanded, the prices will continue to rise affecting the poor and lower classes more, in every society. It is sad, looking at the shocking statistics of people who die every day as well as the spread of preventable diseases in developing nations, just because people do not have access to clean drinking water. So are we proud of our leadership contribution? Are we doing enough to increase food production, harvest rain water and replenish underground water reserves?"
"Love is the soul's symphony."
"Slay Goliath and the army behind him scatters."
"A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life."
"You feed the requisite substance through personal development efforts and position yourself strategically to allow the forces around you to create the path for your relevance and significance. You are not lifted by air, but by the substance inside you hitting the springboard of opportunity."
"Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life."
"Wisdom is the pillar of success."
"Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give."
"Utilizing all of your mind is a step towards brilliance. Utilizing all of your heart is a step towards excellence. Utilizing all of your soul is a step towards nobleness. Utilizing all of your mind, heart, and soul is a step towards greatness."
"Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden."
"You can crush a rose, all it will do is give off perfume."
"Alignment of vision, mission, values and attitudes need to be matched between you and those you choose to surround yourself with. The cost of training or replacing will be very minimal and less painful if recruitment, selection and positioning are done well. This applies even to general employment processes, whether at leadership or staff levels."
"Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them."
"Losing one feather does not prevent a bird from flying."
"You cannot walk in a great man's shoes without getting sores on your feet."
"Ignorance hides in darkness, wisdom hides in light."
"Darkness is an uncomfortable place, but that is where stars are made."
"If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery."
"Light in your soul kindles the light in your world."
"Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow."
"One who cannot swim must not blame the water."
"Be stimulated to become significant. This might be your back-slap moment. New-born babies born with weak signs of life are given a slap on the back to "stimulate them. It is a knock to wake them up to the reality that they must now take charge. In this world, they have to do their own breathing and their own eating otherwise they will not survive. It's the same in your adulthood and your quest for success, you must take charge because no one will wake up every day to do things for you and make a success out of a life of excuses and laziness."
"I could not break records, so I decided to shatter them."
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