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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Your mind is an entire world, your heart is an entire cosmos, and your soul is an entire universe."
"You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future."
"Only a fool lights a fire and tries to hide at the same time."
"Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine."
"If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned."
"If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own."
"How well you do something determines how well you will be rewarded by it."
"The biggest melon started off a small seed."
"If you have shed a thousand tears, expect a thousand blessings."
"Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others."
"It's too risky", said doubters. "It's too difficult", said scoffers. "It's pointless", said mockers. "It's impossible", said haters. "It's already done", said believers."
"Your breaking point is often your blessing point."
"A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue."
"To succeed and create change, you must be willing to take the risk, with an understanding of a number of key elements. Please begin to understand that an entrepreneurial spirit is not only essential in business enterprise. We all have a business to run in our different areas of specialty. Your life is your business and your family is your business " you have multiple businesses."
"If you want to excel in any endeavour you must pay attention to detail, know exactly what you want, have the detail on how you want it done and how you will get it done. You must realize the importance of definitions and love defining things in your life and about your life " Define your mission, define your problem, define your future, define your path and the finer details of your vision. Use your sense of imagination and creativity."
"Those who build are greater than those who tear down."
"Enmity dies when friendship is born."
"Have a clear plan or strategy to translate your success philosophy into desired results. Adopt an effective work ethic, with a laser-focus and requisite execution strategies to produce results."
"Hear more than people say. Give more than people ask. Do more than people expect. Achieve more than people imagine."
"The trusted quality and power of the believed sponsor of your words will have a big impact on the power released in and through your words. You should have sufficient sponsorship to counter the kind of words you do not want to influence your life, thoughts and mission. Contrary words and convincing voices will encounter you on the route to your destiny and they need to be countered with strong conviction and authority."
"If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled."
"God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe."
"See more than your eyes can see. Hear more than your ears can hear. Do more than your hands can do. Go further than your feet can go."
"Love enters your heart a spark and exists your soul a flame."
"It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light."
"What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow."
"God performs miracles, but even for a man to walk on water, action is required."
"There is no cure for ambition other than success."
"A tree is naked, no matter how big, if it does not have leaves."
"Doing what others have done is skill. Dong what few have done is talent. Doing what none have done is genius. Going where others have gone is competence. Going where few have gone is excellence. Going where none have gone is transcendence."
"The mind is its thoughts, the heart is its desires, and the soul is its experiences."
"The enlightened worry less than others, quarrel less than others, fight less than others, transgress less than others; care more than others, give more than others, and love more than others."
"You cannot force a dry well to yield water."
"The accumulation of beliefs, knowledge and experiences contribute to our level of success and progress in life, however they also introduce the reality that we are all prejudiced. If not well managed, our personal prejudices can become the mental prison we lock ourselves inside or we use to shut others out. You need to deal with this likely impediment to a success-driven lifestyle."
"Emotions or feelings stem from your attitude and they become the basis on which you decide or act. All decisions, choices and actions have some kind of underlying emotional influence. To change the way you feel about someone or something you must first change the way you think about them."
"A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener's enemy."
"If you can listen to yourself and obey yourself more, then you have increased your chances for attaining personal effectiveness."
"To be envied for your giftedness is better than to be accepted for your untalentedness."
"If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale."
"Light is a masterpiece, but is of little value if you are blind."
"Prosperity is good, happiness is better, and health is the best."
"See what no one else can see. Be what no one else can be. Do what no one else can do."
"A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt."
"Deliberately and purposefully schedule meetings with yourself. These are the most important meetings in the life of one who intends to make their success deliberate. During these meeting you do much of the quality and honest communication with yourself. This is besides the conversations you are always carrying on with yourself in your own head or audibly. That doesn't mean you are crazy, we all do it and we just need to improve the quality and positivity of those conversations."
"Generate great impressions. This is a direct result of setting higher standards for yourself in your speech, dress, living environment, grooming, etiquette, study, research and commitment."
"Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests."
"Be deliberate about what you choose to read, watch or listen to " these are source codes to your internal programming."
"Ask yourself - Can you manage projects and meetings effectively? Do you have requisite knowledge of the business financial numbers? Can you manage conflict and change within dynamic environments? Do you have what it takes to respond to the demands of a global village? How deep is your leadership substance?"
"Do not be cursed by documented findings and so-called facts, invention itself is not yet an antique for the museum. Not every voice has the right to sponsor your beliefs and words."
"A teaspoon of honey is worth more to the bee than a barrel of gold."
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