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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"By lighting another's candle you brighten your own."
"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."
"Debate, but do not argue. Challenge, but do not force your opinions. To win an argument, but lose a friendship, is a loss. To lose an argument, but retain a friendship, is gain."
"Profiting from opportunities is success. Profiting from adversity is greatness."
"One bee cannot build a hive, one ant cannot build a colony."
"The great are inspired. The extraordinary inspire."
"Critics are loud, but success is louder."
"Less fear, more courage. Less doubt, more faith. Less talking, more action. Less ignorance, more knowledge."
"The sun and stars never apologize for shinning, neither should you."
"Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies."
"Your personal brand must exude who you are, what you stand for, specifies your target market, what value you intend to add to them and the unique offering through which you will do that."
"Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt."
"The distance between success and your dreams is hard work."
"Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs."
"If a ship is strong, the ocean's tides do not trouble it."
"It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born."
"When the wind blows, the weak are carried away by it, the strong resist it, and the wise manipulate it."
"Don't sell yourself short, you are your best asset."
"Present trials strengthen you for future blessings."
"A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world, it just blooms."
"If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy to love."
"It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree's greatest strength lies."
"You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul."
"Any seed that is planted by God bears fruit even before it touches the ground."
"You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great."
"The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories."
"A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies."
"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."
"When your inner light shines your outer world glows."
"Numerous studies have proven that physical health and longevity are linked to eating a balanced diet, maintaining proper weight, exercising regularly, abstinence and proper sexual conduct, avoiding tobacco and alcohol, maintaining a clean and hygienic living and working environment, knowing and keeping track of your health status all the time. How do you rate yourself on all these?"
"Building bridges requires greater effort than building walls."
"Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can."
"It will take faith, to know success can still be attained regardless of unfairness or disadvantages availed by any system you operate within."
"Your vision at a leadership level needs to be more global and selfless, it needs to go beyond you. Reflect and project your dream for a perfect world, even if you can only make it a great world."
"Be disciplined enough to choose your network and be willing to sacrifice the circles that reduce your effectiveness and make you unproductive."
"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."
"A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty."
"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."
"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
"The world is always throwing challenges and questions - which ones does your mission and purpose respond to or seek to solve? Do you know your mission and have you clearly defined the life-issues you intend to address?"
"Learn from stars; even in the dark they give off light, not despair."
"A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it."
"Never try to separate soul-mates, destiny might electrocute you."
"The lonely road to greatness is better than the crowded road to mediocrity."
"Work hard, and you will earn good rewards. Work smart, and you will earn great rewards. Work hard and work smart, and you will earn extraordinary rewards."
"Stars cannot achieve their highest potential without the dark."
"When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so."
"Turn your frowns into smiles, your tears into laughter, your weaknesses into strengths, your setbacks into opportunities, and your failures into victories."
"To shine always love always."
"A quality wife guarantees you a quality life."
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