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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future."
"Love is the only brick that hits you on the head and gives you a smile instead of tears."
"Don't marry the most beautiful woman in the world, marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds."
"Diamonds are a girl's best friend until love introduces her to her soulmate."
"Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate."
"Light is all a flower longs for, even when surrounded with priceless jewels."
"Pain is the seasoning that gives pleasure its flavor."
"Arm yourself with wisdom, arm yourself with knowledge; folly is a fierce lion roaming the streets."
"Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles."
"Great winds only challenge great trees."
"Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others."
"Whoever wants to be an overnight success must be willing to sweat for it during the day."
"Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God."
"A pretty heart is more valuable than a pretty face."
"An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings."
"One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine."
"Kings struggle to rule over nations, men struggle to rule over themselves; God effortlessly rules the universe."
"Great minds believe they will succeed. Average minds doubt they can succeed. Small minds don't even try to succeed."
"If you want to know a person's true character, observe how he treats those who don't matter."
"Avoid scoffers. Ignore doubters. Reject mockers. Surprise detractors."
"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."
"Crawl in faith, and you will end up walking. Walk in faith, and you will end up jogging. Jog in faith, and you will end up running. Run in faith, and you will end up sprinting. Sprint in faith, and you will end up soaring."
"Your greatest challenges bring out your greatest potential."
"If God had a wife, He would be in trouble too if He dodged His chores."
"Falling in love is accidental, staying in love is intentional, and growing in love is delightful."
"One good friend is better than a thousand questionable ones."
"A seed only realizes its potential the day you bury it."
"Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence."
"It is never crowded at the mountaintop."
"A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime."
"The greatest fortress in the universe is an ignorant mind, not even the highest thought can leap over it."
"Life is a thorough university, pain and hardship are its distinguished professors."
"The greatest warriors fight not for crowns and splendor, but for love."
"Loud critics are silenced by loud success."
"You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you."
"You do not have to have the best of everything to make the best of everything."
"Herbs may be bitter, but cure."
"A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest."
"Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile."
"If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight."
"Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness."
"If greatness was easy to attain, everyone's name would be in history books."
"Read when you can. Teach when you ought. Learn when you must. Apply when you should."
"God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly."
"Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more."
"To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor."
"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."
"If your wife puts on ten pounds, love her ten times more. If she puts on a hundred pounds, love her a hundred times more. If she puts on a thousand pounds, love her a thousand times more."
"Avoid impious people, run from fools, seek out the wise."
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