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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"If records refuse to be broken, shatter them."
"Finding a wife is easy, keeping her happy takes work."
"My words are my thesis, my actions are my dissertation, and my life is my philosophy."
"The great compete not only against others, but against themselves."
"The question is, do you have deliberate plans for your life? Do you have intentions with you time? God planned that there should be a time for everything and for every season, meaning you can plan for everything and every season in your life! You may ask, 'Is that possible? I say, "It's up to you!"
"Adversity is the evil twin of reward."
"The universe is one body, love is its heartbeat."
"If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst."
"The role of political leadership in any society will remain critical to the socio-economic progression of the world. It is however worrying to see the growing number of people, including the youth, getting into politics for economic gain and not for a cause. This, inter alia, is the contaminated seed and eventual root of chronic corruption because such leadership will always be selfishly seeking gain and enrichment from their roles and offices."
"Help more than is needed. Care more than is required. Give more than is expected. Love more than is anticipated."
"A star is a rock that could no longer hide its beauty from the world."
"Justice is blind, but judges have eyes."
"Planting flowers in a desert is more productive than imparting wisdom to fools."
"The key to leadership remains influence. What kind of a leader are you and how do you deliberately model your leadership to achieve desired impact on those you influence or you seek to influence?"
"If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere."
"Love only knocks on your heart's door when certain it has the right address."
"The ordinary build houses when they have bricks, the extraordinary build mansions when they have pebbles."
"When life's great storms come, the weak sink, the cowardly jump ship, the strong drop an anchor, the mighty adjust their sails, and the great sail on to their destiny."
"In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light."
"Throw a champion into the ocean, and he'll swim. Throw a champion into the pit, and he'll climb. Throw him off a cliff, and he'll grow wings. Throw him into a furnace, and he'll become gold."
"By the time a fool learns how to hold a spear, the lion has eaten him."
"If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love."
"The eagle only knows how high it can fly when it spreads its wings."
"You cannot truly know pleasure without pain. You cannot truly know strength without weakness. You cannot truly know joy without sorrow. You cannot truly know hope without despair."
"The wolf pounces on the sheep when the shepherd strays."
"Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God."
"Love is the only criminal who, after stealing your heart, convinces you to celebrate her."
"One who has great love has great power."
"The greatest gift life can give you today is the promise of tomorrow."
"A seed today is a forest tomorrow."
"Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life."
"A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth."
"When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed."
"True love is like diamonds; scarce, and priceless."
"To make dollars from cents you have to have sense."
"Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it."
"Saints are slaves of good works. Sages are slaves of wisdom. Conquerors are slaves of victory."
"A star does not cease to be a star because it is surrounded by darkness."
"Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe."
"Knowledge is air to the wise. Wisdom is poison to a fool."
"Small people have small minds, and thus deride big dreamers. Small people have small hearts, and thus disparage big chancers. Small people have small souls, and thus disdain big achievers."
"If a woman laughs when you hurt her, you ought to cry, for you have lost her; if she cries, you may laugh, for you have a worthy soulmate."
"If you despise your people, you will disregard them. If you hate your people, you will harm them. If you esteem your people, you will serve them. If you love your people, you will even die for them."
"Your attitude is your greatest capital in life."
"Calm skies don't make skillful eagles."
"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."
"The upright are richer in deeds than the wealthy are in gold."
"The spoon's color does not change the soup's taste."
"Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open."
"Fear is unnecessary cargo when sailing to success."
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