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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Caged birds still sing beautiful symphonies."
"In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise."
"Great deeds begin in the mind, extraordinary deeds begin in the heart, and remarkable deeds begin in the soul."
"Be calm when your wife yells at you, calmer when she chastens you, but be terrified when she ignores you."
"I have the soul of a white man, the soul of a black man, the soul of an Asian man; the soul of every man."
"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."
"A day with a sage will save you a thousand of study."
"A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim."
"If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway."
"It is in deep waters that God teaches us to swim."
"If you fall in love, make sure your landing is soft."
"The door to success may be a few steps away but you still have to walktowards it."
"The greatest love stories are not written by the ink of the pen, but by the ink of the heart."
"The greatest rewards lie in the unknown."
"Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success."
"If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich."
"The best way to catch a bee is using its own honey."
"Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad."
"When excellence becomes a habit, success becomes a lifestyle."
"Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness."
"The easiest way to remember your future wife's birthday is to marry her on Super Bowl Sunday."
"Love is like honey, you cannot share it without getting some on your heart's fingers."
"When a woman misses you, you have her mind; when she cares for you, you have her heart, when she loves you, you have her soul."
"Danger is opportunity inside out."
"He who teaches you how to tend a garden has given you more than he who has given you a hundred roses."
"Your mind can help you do the unimaginable. Your hands can help you get the unattainable. Your heart can help you accomplish the unachievable. Your soul can help you create the inconceivable. Your God can help you achieve the unthinkable."
"A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents."
"The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the fastest, but not the wisest. The ant is the smallest, but not the gentlest."
"Good can exist without evil, but evil cannot exist without good. The former is eternal, the latter is temporal."
"Happiness does not come from having much, but from being content, even when you have little."
"Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks."
"It is not enough to read many books, you have to read the right ones."
"The world says fit in, the universe says stand out."
"Wisdom is better than flattery, even if bitter in your ears."
"A ship will never sink if God is on it."
"A hunter's meal is in proportion to his skill."
"If you sing to one person as if you're singing to a million, you will soon have an audience of a million."
"Don't speak thoughtlessly. Don't worry unnecessarily. Don't work half-heartedly. Don't spend recklessly. Don't give begrudgingly. Don't act self-centeredly. Don't live short-sightedly."
"Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you."
"Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one."
"On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes."
"It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts."
"Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future."
"Falling in love is not the problem, hitting your head on the way down is."
"Love is the only brick that hits you on the head and gives you a smile instead of tears."
"Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself."
"Don't marry the most beautiful woman in the world, marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds."
"Don't believe a man will give you the world if he doesn't even buy you flowers."
"It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears."
"Diamonds are a girl's best friend until love introduces her to her soulmate."
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