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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"No one can become successful for you. It takes personal definitions, personal decisions, personal convictions, personal actions and personal responsibility to succeed in life."
"You can and should stand up for who you are and what you represent, without fear or prejudice. You take the promises you have made to yourself and to others very seriously."
"When the storm comes it is your soulmate who pulls out the umbrella and shelters you until the rainbow comes."
"The cream rises to the top, even if sour."
"If love was a sin, God Himself would be in the hottest part of Hell."
"The mind is the ultimate hallway to the world, the soul is the ultimate stairway to the universe."
"The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late."
"What you seek for others you find for yourself."
"Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment."
"In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd."
"Elevate your mind and you elevate your world."
"Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars."
"The mistakes of the wise lead them to light. The triumphs of fools lead them to darkness."
"Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair."
"The greatest universe is the one within you."
"The reward for goal-setting is that as you achieve each goal, you feel in charge of your own destiny, with every moment taken up productively. Self-esteem increases and it becomes easier to remain motivated. So set those high goals and make clear plans for their execution."
"If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn't be able to make even a single drop of honey."
"As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles."
"Make adjustments and improvements to enhance the effectiveness of meetings or surpassing of your target. Learn to define, quantify and be specific about what, how and when you want to succeed in each area of your life."
"Birds do not attend music school, but compose timeless masterpieces."
"Be punctual, it shows your respect for other people."
"When a caterpillar looks in the mirror, he sees a butterfly."
"There is no sharper spear than wisdom. There is no larger shield than faith. There is no better fortress than truth. There is no greater strength than hope. There is no higher power than love."
"When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise."
"Never expect wolves to behave like sheep."
"If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song."
"Only what is below you tries to pull you down."
"The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees."
"Few great things are achieved effortlessly."
"To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself."
"When two souls are united as one the universe itself is powerless to separate them."
"Follow your dreams, not the crowd."
"Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit in you? How helpful and creative are you in solving challenges? Have you attained communication and negotiation excellence status? Can you effectively market yourself and your service/product? How effective are you at selling your vision? The answers will determine how far your influence will go."
"If the UN and other international multilateral institutions are sending troops and weaponry, now they must begin to fund training and leadership development at the same levels. The new war must start with the quality of beliefs and dreams that are planted into the hearts and minds of school children at a personal level and permeate the driving philosophies of entire societies and communities."
"The greater the pressure the brighter the diamond."
"Realistic and unrealistic expectations will be placed on you, demands will be made, fair and unfair judgment will be passed. Your growing leadership intelligence should reflect in your objective response or reaction to these challenges " remember more eyes than you can see are watching you. Know when it is prudent to make a comment, to set the record straight or just not comment. Decide which invitations to accept and which ones to send a representative or to turn down. Continuously reflecting on your mission, beliefs and values will make this process more objective."
"Who are you' is a question of both substance and position. In other words, what is the authority of your voice, service, product or performance in relation to the needs of those you intend to serve? Secondly, have you defined and demystified yourself enough to be accepted as the solution of choice?"
"Reprogram your life and mind-set by replacing the bad with the positive, the weakness with the strength."
"A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies."
"If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great."
"You don't have to remind a flower when its time to bloom is near, it has been preparing for it all of its life."
"Be the spouse you wish to have."
"Aim for the stars, and afterward, pass them."
"Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many."
"It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself."
"Live each day as if it were your last, love each day as if you will live forever."
"Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky."
"Turkeys can run with eagles but cannot fly with them."
"Your inner light lights up your outer world."
"Only because of darkness are we able to clearly see the stars."
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