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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Hands move rocks, faith moves mountains."
"There is nothing wrong with being a puppet if love is the one pulling the strings."
"When turbulence hits your sails remind yourself it is an opportunity to get to the shore quicker."
"Dream what others do not. Imagine what others have not. Do what others will not. Achieve what others could not."
"Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies."
"An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master."
"A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine."
"You are not a note in a symphony, you are the entire symphony in a note."
"To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom."
"The shrewd hunt foxes, the strong hunt lions, but the mighty hunt elephants."
"A small tree with large roots will last longer than a large tree with small roots."
"Guide impactfully. Guide impressively. Guide intuitively. Guide incredibly."
"You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant."
"It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars."
"If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it."
"Your greatest acts result from your greatest love."
"You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day."
"Don't mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don't cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don't weep the future, it has no mercy on you."
"Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom."
"Your wife is smarter than you; know this, and you will live happily ever after."
"Dream the impossible. See the invisible. Pursue the intangible. Achieve the incredible."
"When success is one thought away, think it. When success is one word away, speak it. When success is one deed away, perform it. When success is one step away, take it. When success is one moment away, seize it."
"Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise."
"A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won't have to beg anyone to follow you."
"Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion."
"Don't miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today."
"There are no stoplights on love's road, that is why many accidentally fall into it."
"In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless."
"As the sky is too big for two stars to clash, the world is big enough for all of us to shine."
"If your ears are bigger than your mouth, you will go very far in life."
"When someone steals your heart not even the law can help you."
"Wisdom is intelligence set on fire."
"Were my love the sky, it would be boundless. Were my love the sea, it would be ceaseless. Were my love the world, it would be limitless. Were my love the universe, it would be endless."
"The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear."
"I attended the University of Earth, and earned my P. H. D in life from the school of hardship."
"Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop."
"Rain is just God weeping for Earth's troubles."
"Strive to have the faith of a child, endeavour to have the wisdom of an elder."
"As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine."
"Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe."
"Fear makes the possible look impossible; faith makes the impossible, possible."
"Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat."
"To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all."
"A spider is slow, but its web catches the fastest flies."
"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."
"He who walks with the wise goes farther than he who runs with fools."
"Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both."
"Following the herd reduces you to a cow."
"If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are."
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