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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"If you want to know a person's true character, observe how he treats those who don't matter."
"It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars."
"Great obstacles are no match for a great God."
"Through storms you are able to get all the colors you need to paint the rainbow."
"Avoid scoffers. Ignore doubters. Reject mockers. Surprise detractors."
"If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it."
"You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day."
"Knock on the sky's door, and stars will open it; knock on the universe's door, and love will open it."
"When you wrestle with life, your heart inevitably becomes a warrior; when you wrestle with death, your soul inevitably becomes a conqueror."
"A general is powerless without an army. An army is directionless without a general. To win battles a general and an army need each other."
"Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom."
"The sharper the arrow the quicker the hunt."
"I have the 'L'. You have the 'O'. Fate has the 'V'. Together we have the 'E'. How then can we deny we are in LOVE?"
"Make your mark in the world with divine ink: love."
"Two hands cut down a few trees, but one matchstick clears a forest."
"Falling in love is accidental, staying in love is intentional, and growing in love is delightful."
"A seed only realizes its potential the day you bury it."
"Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar."
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
"Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence."
"If you are ungrateful for one blessing, you will not be grateful for two. If you are ungrateful for two blessings, you will not be grateful for three. If you are grateful for one blessing, you will be grateful for innumerable."
"The universe is a masterpiece painted by love's masterstrokes."
"Love is the soul's rainbow."
"Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you."
"Love in your mind can be felt by some, love in your heart can be felt by many, but love in your soul can be felt by all."
"A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus."
"You don't win battles you walk away from."
"A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime."
"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."
"You don't have to wait for a storm to pass to paint your own rainbow."
"Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion."
"Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it."
"No three words have greater force than "I want you", greater strength than "I need you", greater might than "I miss you", and greater power than "I love you"."
"A lion gains nothing from boasting to a dog."
"Life is a thorough university, pain and hardship are its distinguished professors."
"The greatest warriors fight not for crowns and splendor, but for love."
"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."
"The best trees produce the sweetest fruits."
"You do not have to have the best of everything to make the best of everything."
"Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure."
"The most underrated warrior in the universe is love."
"Herbs may be bitter, but cure."
"Slay Goliath and the army behind him scatters."
"A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest."
"When I was young, I admired old people. Now that I'm old, I admire wise people. When I was a youth, I admired strong people. Now that I'm old, I admire meek people. When I was an adult, I admired wealthy people. Now that I'm old, I admire happy people."
"The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want."
"The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear."
"A predator on land is prey in the sea."
"Rain is just God weeping for Earth's troubles."
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