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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Intelligence will teach you how to make a living, wisdom will teach you how to make a life."
"As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine."
"Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give."
"Fear makes the possible look impossible; faith makes the impossible, possible."
"Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness."
"Grass is food for elephants, but a cushion for lions."
"To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all."
"Don't use your energy to hate on anyone, use it to create the life you desire."
"God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly."
"The greatest leaders are the greatest servants."
"The greatest you is found in the kindest you."
"Life is a dark stage on which you were born to shine."
"Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more."
"If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless."
"One who throws stones at others has less to use to build his own house."
"He who has love in his heart has the universe in his hands."
"The door to success may be in front of you, but you still have to open it."
"Gray hairs signify old age, not wisdom. Muscles signify strength, not health. Laughter signifies amusement, not joy. Weeping signifies pain, not weakness. Smiling signifies courteousness, not love."
"To patch up a relationship, understanding is the needle, and love is the thread."
"A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day."
"You are God's chisel, it is you He uses to create masterpieces."
"It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity."
"If you feed a child, you strengthen him for a day; if you educate him, you strengthen him for a lifetime."
"You become what you think, not what others think of you."
"Knowledge comes naturally with studying, and with God's touch, instantly. Wisdom comes naturally with age, and with God's touch, immediately."
"If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish."
"A wise person makes one error, and learns ten lessons. He makes two errors, and learns twenty lessons. He makes three errors, and learns thirty lessons. He makes few errors, and learns countless lessons."
"If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great."
"Intelligence without wisdom is like a hook without bait."
"Avoid impious people, run from fools, seek out the wise."
"The folly of the wise is better than the wisdom of fools."
"It is impossible for darkness to reign in the presence of a star."
"A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly."
"Some birds learn how to fly only after falling off of a cliff."
"Holding onto your dreams is better than holding onto your nightmares."
"Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you."
"Be smarter than others imagined. Be braver than others anticipated. Be stronger than others calculated. Be better than others envisioned."
"Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I'm ready for you. Dear future, I'm coming for you."
"If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs."
"Stars are born out of dark moments."
"When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born."
"Love is the world's greatest doctor, it can heal almost anything."
"The hungriest wolf leads the pack."
"Climbing mountains is strength, moving mountains is faith."
"Losing teaches you how to win, winning teaches you how not to lose."
"If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other."
"Darkness tests stars, but they shine. Storms test trees, but they stand. Adversity tests the great, but they soar."
"A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice."
"The shrewd help the strong. The wise help the weak."
"True faith is when you see the harvest before you plant the seed."
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