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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so."
"If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song."
"Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine."
"If a ship is strong, the ocean's tides do not trouble it."
"If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness."
"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."
"Numerous studies have proven that physical health and longevity are linked to eating a balanced diet, maintaining proper weight, exercising regularly, abstinence and proper sexual conduct, avoiding tobacco and alcohol, maintaining a clean and hygienic living and working environment, knowing and keeping track of your health status all the time. How do you rate yourself on all these?"
"Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can."
"Selling and teaching demand that you develop your intrapersonal and interpersonal communication skills. You must be able to communicate with yourself as well as with others in a way that makes them buy your offering or benefit from the knowledge you want to impart."
"A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty."
"Debate, but do not argue. Challenge, but do not force your opinions. To win an argument, but lose a friendship, is a loss. To lose an argument, but retain a friendship, is gain."
"The cream rises to the top, even if sour."
"A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it."
"A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world, it just blooms."
"It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree's greatest strength lies."
"Only what is below you tries to pull you down."
"If size really mattered, a match wouldn't be able to set a forest on fire."
"The sweetest victories come after the bitterest defeats."
"Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others."
"Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds."
"When your inner light shines your outer world glows."
"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."
"If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, you are a murderer; if you are willing to die for your beliefs, you are a martyr."
"Be punctual, it shows your respect for other people."
"When the wind blows, the weak are carried away by it, the strong resist it, and the wise manipulate it."
"If love was a sin, God Himself would be in the hottest part of Hell."
"To be blind momentarily when light hits your eyes is better than to be blind permanently when darkness hits your soul."
"If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy to love."
"God performs miracles, but even for a man to walk on water, action is required."
"Turn your frowns into smiles, your tears into laughter, your weaknesses into strengths, your setbacks into opportunities, and your failures into victories."
"You can only greet success when you are ready to say goodbye to failure."
"If you do not chase success, you will be overtaken by failure."
"Those who build are greater than those who tear down."
"Your vision at a leadership level needs to be more global and selfless, it needs to go beyond you. Reflect and project your dream for a perfect world, even if you can only make it a great world."
"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."
"The world is always throwing challenges and questions - which ones does your mission and purpose respond to or seek to solve? Do you know your mission and have you clearly defined the life-issues you intend to address?"
"The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain."
"Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most."
"Love has no wings, but is an angel. Lust has no horns, but is a devil."
"Never expect wolves to behave like sheep."
"You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future."
"The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees."
"If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned."
"Few great things are achieved effortlessly."
"The biggest melon started off a small seed."
"Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars."
"If you can listen to yourself and obey yourself more, then you have increased your chances for attaining personal effectiveness."
"When the storm comes it is your soulmate who pulls out the umbrella and shelters you until the rainbow comes."
"If you want to excel in any endeavour you must pay attention to detail, know exactly what you want, have the detail on how you want it done and how you will get it done. You must realize the importance of definitions and love defining things in your life and about your life " Define your mission, define your problem, define your future, define your path and the finer details of your vision. Use your sense of imagination and creativity."
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