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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"True riches belong to those who shun false ones."
"You don't need faith to walk on the riverbank, you need faith to walk on water."
"The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one."
"The greater a man's folly, the greater his enslavement. The wiser a man is, the greater his freedom."
"Don't let negativity ruin your day. Don't let inefficiency ruin your week. Don't let adversity ruin your month. Don't let animosity ruin your year."
"A flower that grows in the shade of another blooms slowly."
"When sheep grow blind, it is only wolves that rejoice."
"The African Challenge - We must end conflict in Africa. We must lead to allow the Africans to enjoy the benefits from their natural resources. We must end poverty in Africa. Every African must be educated, have access to health care and a fair chance to fulfil their dream. Preventable sickness and disease must not reduce life expectancy or rob pregnant women of a chance to continue living. Africa must develop. Africa must not depend on foreign aid. Africa must be united and governed more effectively. Africa must customize her leadership culture and philosophy in a way that gives her global relevance and respect but still remain true and authentic to herself. Will you accept the challenge? Will you be that Africa?"
"Cease from envy, prejudice and unhealthy competitiveness. Never abandon your own mission and brand to pursue the seemingly exciting mission or vision of another."
"Your dreams will only take you as far as your faith in them."
"A pond with one fish is better than an ocean with none."
"Obstacles must be overcome. Problems must be solved. Doubt must be resisted. Fear must be defeated."
"If your wife puts on ten pounds, love her ten times more. If she puts on a hundred pounds, love her a hundred times more. If she puts on a thousand pounds, love her a thousand times more."
"An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile."
"Great wildernesses lead you to great Promised Lands."
"Small steps of faith add up to great leaps of success."
"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."
"Because a spoon is made of gold does not change the soup's taste."
"If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are."
"If God wanted the sky to be empty, He would not have given birds wings to fly."
"No matter how deep the whale swims, it will always surface."
"Understanding is important for studying, knowledge is important for teaching, and wisdom is important for living."
"You can crush a rose, all it will do is give off perfume."
"A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly."
"They know your face, but not your mind. They understand your words, but not your heart. They hear your name, but not your soul. They grasp your past, but not your future."
"The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out."
"Unleash the potential that is in another and you unleash the potential that is in you."
"It is easier to kill a million armed men than a single unarmed idea."
"In storms look for rainbows, in sunshine prepare for storms."
"The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build."
"Love in fools is better than hate in the wise."
"It is not how fast a tree grows, but how well. It is not how big a fruit is, but how sweet."
"Roses do not bloom the same time as daisies."
"Truth is the highest knowledge. Faith is the highest courage. Reason is the highest wisdom. Love is the highest virtue."
"Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination."
"If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside."
"The past only dies so the future can live."
"Shunning evil is wisdom, loving God is the highest wisdom."
"Taking the road less travelled is easier, there is less congestion."
"The ambitious strive to be well known, the enlightened strive to be worth knowing."
"If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery."
"Short term interventions will call for more guns and force in affected areas, in order to protect the vulnerable and suppress proliferation of terrorism and sectarian hatred, but the forward-looking leadership driving for sustainable solutions must now promote deliberate intents to influence systems of education, belief, culture, values and attitudes to promote tolerance, mutual respect, love and hope for all to succeed. If this area was given the same kind of attention and resources that HIV-AIDS has received to date, I can promise you, the same progress made in the containment of HIV-AIDS, would also have been made on the extremism front."
"You have two eyes, but the discerning have three. You have two ears, but the wise have four. You have two hands, but the enlightened have five."
"The ocean has limits, but true love does not."
"Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm."
"The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings."
"Light in your soul kindles the light in your world."
"Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you are intelligent, but marry the one who does both with you, and you are wise."
"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."
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