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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"No three words have greater force than "I want you", greater strength than "I need you", greater might than "I miss you", and greater power than "I love you"."
"If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is."
"A lion gains nothing from boasting to a dog."
"An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room."
"A predator on land is prey in the sea."
"Intelligence will teach you how to make a living, wisdom will teach you how to make a life."
"Grass is food for elephants, but a cushion for lions."
"Shatter the limits in your mind and you shatter the limits in your life."
"Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb."
"Marry someone you can live with, and you have found your companion; marry someone you can't live without, and you have found your soulmate."
"You don't need faith to walk on the riverbank, you need faith to walk on water."
"The greatest leaders are the greatest servants."
"Don't let past disappointments rob you of future happiness."
"The door to success may be in front of you, but you still have to open it."
"To patch up a relationship, understanding is the needle, and love is the thread."
"Knowledge comes naturally with studying, and with God's touch, instantly. Wisdom comes naturally with age, and with God's touch, immediately."
"A wise person makes one error, and learns ten lessons. He makes two errors, and learns twenty lessons. He makes three errors, and learns thirty lessons. He makes few errors, and learns countless lessons."
"If money could buy happiness, the rich would not drown their sorrows in expensive wine."
"Everyone should have a place in your heart, but only a special few should have a place in your life."
"If you ask God for love, He may give you someone to forgive. If you ask God for patience, He may give you someone to bear."
"If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great."
"Intelligence without wisdom is like a hook without bait."
"Love is louder than anger, even in silence."
"It is impossible for darkness to reign in the presence of a star."
"Holding onto your dreams is better than holding onto your nightmares."
"The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out."
"The principles that guide your decisions as a leader must not be contradictory to your personal values. Your personal values must lay the strong foundation on which you build your leadership tenets. In becoming a principle-centred leader, these leadership values become your guiding principles and lenses for decision making."
"Guide valiantly. Guide venerably. Guide valiantly. Guide virtuously."
"Love boldly. Love boundlessly. Love benevolently. Love blessedly."
"The journey to greatness is a marathon, not a hundred meter dash."
"The pen is mightier than the sword, it should never run out of ink."
"The sky's dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest's comfort."
"Talent is like a little seed; when nurtured, it will flourish."
"Shunning evil is wisdom, loving God is the highest wisdom."
"The ambitious strive to be well known, the enlightened strive to be worth knowing."
"It is in the darkest hour that a star reveals its brightest light."
"The breathtaking view at the mountaintop is compensation for all of the breath lost whilst sweating towards it."
"Light only benefits one whose eyes are open."
"Love is blind, but a broken heart sees everything."
"Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more."
"Paying the high cost of education is better than paying the high price of ignorance."
"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."
"Ignorance shuts the mind's door tight, wisdom swings it wide open."
"Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think."
"A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness."
"Write the masterpiece that has not been written. Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung. Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted. Create the masterpiece that has not been created."
"Scars are your greatest medals in life."
"An ounce of wisdom can prevent a pound of folly."
"Teach men how to fish, but also teach them how to preserve fish."
"If adventurers were cowardly, no one would have crossed the nations; if sailors were fearful, no one would have crossed the oceans; if pilots were gutless, no one would have crossed the skies."
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