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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"My words are my thesis, my actions are my dissertation, and my life is my philosophy."
"You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome."
"No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars."
"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."
"Planting flowers in a desert is more productive than imparting wisdom to fools."
"I was my own boss, but that all changed the day I got married."
"Wealth is a small blessing, health is a great asset, happiness is an extraordinary treasure, and life is a remarkable reward."
"The ordinary build houses when they have bricks, the extraordinary build mansions when they have pebbles."
"As rain does not bother the ocean, nor heat bother the sun, so adversity does not bother the great."
"The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward."
"You don't have to swim when you know how to walk on water."
"Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God."
"The greatest gift life can give you today is the promise of 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."
"Soul power supersedes mind power."
"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."
"Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean."
"A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not."
"A muddied diamond is better than an unsullied pebble."
"We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds."
"Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter."
"A rose does not cease to be a flower because it lost one petal."
"When God looks in the mirror He sees love."
"A wolf only attends a rabbit's funeral to eat its young."
"Books record knowledge, preserve wisdom, and disseminate information; nourishing minds, changing lives."
"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."
"A sage is a library whose bookshelves are in his soul."
"The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it."
"f you are too good to look after God's trash, you are not good enough to look after God's treasure."
"A little drop each day eventually fills the sea."
"Wisdom's slaves are better than folly's kings."
"If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all."
"The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear."
"The say money talks, but I've seen it sing, and even seen it dance."
"The universe sees your beauty, now see the beauty in others."
"Do the possible, and let God do the impossible."
"Learn a lot. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Live a lot."
"A diligent ant is more useful than a lazy cow."
"There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience."
"Knowledge never grows old, it is eternally young."
"If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty."
"The greatest gift you can give to someone is your heart; because when you give your heart, you are giving your most prized possession."
"Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad."
"If you try to buy love, you will go bankrupt trying to possess it."
"Love in your heart is better than gold in your hands."
"Love, no matter how small, begets kindness. Joy, no matter how small, begets cheerfulness. Wisdom, no matter how small, begets intelligence. Faith, no matter how small, begets persistence. Genius, no matter how small, begets excellence."
"Fear can only be mastered outside of your comfort zone."
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