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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality."
"The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life's winds blow against you."
"A diamond's happy ending is on a crown, but its beauty was formed in dirt."
"Walking on water is better than drowning."
"Heat makes things expand, that is why life sometimes throws us into a fiery furnace."
"We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life's mission to glow."
"Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them."
"Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles."
"The wise know much, but pretend to know little; the ignorant know little, but pretend to know much; and the foolish know nothing, but pretend to know all."
"You were born a star, autograph your life with excellent works."
"Suspense consumes your opponents, whereas mystery intrigues your followers."
"The ear never forgets what the soul says."
"The world within you is of greater consequence than the world around you."
"Renounce poor work. Shun trivial work. Entertain respectable work. Welcome superior work. Honor transcendent work."
"Be noble like the sun, let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth."
"The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence."
"The ocean is never afraid of wind rising against it, it creates beautiful waves instead."
"It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight."
"Use your tears to water the garden of your dreams."
"A beautiful face cannot hide an ugly heart for long."
"Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance."
"Cursing the sun won't stop it from rising, neither will cursing the stars stop them from shining."
"Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities."
"Flowers have to stretch to bloom."
"Pleasure can turn the body into a slave. Desire can turn the mind into a fool. Passion can turn the heart into a beast. Love can turn the soul into an angel."
"If you water your dreams with excellence, success will grow."
"If you throw ice at the sun, it will melt; if you throw spears, they will burn; and if you throw bricks, they will crumble. The sun is invincible; all that comes before it is consumed."
"Brave cubs become fierce lions."
"Far help seldom solves near troubles."
"In order to bring down the great, you have to be able to reach the stars."
"A man who boasts he's the head of the home must never forget the woman is the knife at his throat."
"Think innocently. Think intelligently. Think imaginatively. Think inventively."
"Ordinary people pursue money, simple people pursue power, average people pursue fame, but extraordinary people pursue ideas."
"Diamonds are formed in pressure, that is why God allows you to go through difficult times."
"Dancing in the rain is better than despairing in the storm."
"Understanding is the bridge between two minds, love is the bridge between two souls."
"You don't need to move mountains when love will fly you over."
"A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf."
"You don't need armor if your skin is thick. You don't need a sword if your mind is sharp. You don't need a shield if your heart is strong. You don't need a fortress is your soul is secure."
"When you reach the mountaintop look upand think of how high you must leap to reach the stars."
"When you pray for a rainbow you pray for rain too."
"When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness."
"Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible, they shine brighter."
"A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend."
"Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed."
"Roses do not take beauty advice from weeds."
"Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure."
"Fight honorably, win honorably, and lose honorably. To fail honorably is betterthan to succeed dishonorably."
"Scholars love knowledge. Philosophers love wisdom. The most knowledgeable become professors. The most wise become sages."
"Great minds rise above problems. Great hearts rise above pain. Great souls rise above temptations. Great individuals rise above themselves and the world."
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