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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Raise your thoughts, not your fists."
"The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools."
"In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life."
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles."
"Dream more. Learn more. Work more. Become more."
"To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone."
"Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success."
"Your ears hear much, but your heart hears more. Your eyes see much, but your mind sees more. Your toungue says much, but your soul says more. Your feet travel much, but your imagination travels more. Your hands do much, but your mind does more."
"A flower, no matter how beautiful, still has to grow in dirt."
"A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts."
"If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days."
"One who conquers fear cannot be conquered by anyone."
"Your greatest wildernesses lead you to your greatest Promised Lands."
"A woman's beauty is worth little to you, a woman's intelligence is worth much to you, a woman's virtue is worth more to you, a woman's love is worth the most to you, and a woman's loyalty is worth everything to you."
"Pride destroys a man quicker than ignorance."
"Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more."
"It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil."
"You can be happy even if your bones are broken, but no man is happy when his heart is heavy."
"If a woman tells you how terrible she looks, sincerely deny it, even if you agree."
"Light does not have to beg darkness to shine."
"The most beautiful temple in the universe is your soul, that is why God wants to dwell in it."
"Plan from your internal or spiritual view of things. The external view always has a way of distorting, discouraging and limiting your dream."
"Tears water the eyes when they have been dry for too long."
"I was never punished for my ignorance, I was punished by my ignorance."
"Don't wound someone's eye trying to remove the twig from it."
"Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them."
"Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles."
"False love can be bought, true love is priceless."
"Because it took you years to become so negative, doubting and dis-empowered " it must now become your daily journey to a life-time of positivity and empowering thoughts, words, actions and beliefs."
"The thorny path to greatness is better than the rosy path to mediocrity."
"The heart is a wanderer, the mind is its map; love is its destination."
"It is in vain to try and kick the wind."
"An archer must never blame a target for missing it."
"A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place."
"Rise in your mind and you will rise in your world."
"The moon only dares compete with the stars when the sun is in its corner."
"Storms come to teach trees and plants how to dance in the wind."
"Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence."
"Hands move rocks, faith moves mountains."
"If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars."
"A cowardly warrior is like a toothless lion."
"When turbulence hits your sails remind yourself it is an opportunity to get to the shore quicker."
"Water wrestles great opponents, but has no hands, and tramples great rivals, but has no feet. It slips through our fingers, but can swallow entire towns. Wind also slips through our fingers, but can swallow entire cities."
"Brilliance is the masterpiece of your mind. Excellence is the masterpiece of your heart. Genius is the masterpiece of your soul."
"You worry less about misplacing a star when the whole sky is yours."
"If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden."
"Your darkest experiences often lead you to your brightest fortunes."
"Learning how to cut trees down is intelligence, learning how to grow them is wisdom."
"Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring."
"How do you visualize the success of those parts of the world falling under your leadership? What about the success of your organisation, your family and all the people related to the two institutions? How fulfilling are the results of this personal evaluation? What can you start doing about it, today?"
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