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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"To be a good leader, win minds; to be a great leader, win heart's; and to be an extraordinary leader, win souls."
"If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man."
"If you listen to critics for too long, you will become deaf to success."
"Stand out because you think differently. Stand out because you speak differently. Stand out because you act differently. Stand out because you work differently. Stand out because you live differently."
"Present tears water the gardens of future blessings."
"An intelligent man only argues with his wife when she has lost her voice."
"Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate."
"Acquaintances are numerous. Friends are few. Enemies many."
"If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone."
"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."
"You don't command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails."
"Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others."
"Money promises more than it delivers, love delivers more than it promises."
"You don't have to boast for work that speaks for itself."
"For a marriage to work a husband must learn these two words: "Yes dear."
"Whoever wants to be an overnight success must be willing to sweat for it during the day."
"If you run a hundred miles in your heart, you are ready to run a hundred miles on your feet."
"There is nothing wrong with being a puppet if love is the one pulling the strings."
"An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master."
"A flower has no choice in where it is planted, but does have a choice in the direction it grows."
"You are not a note in a symphony, you are the entire symphony in a note."
"One learns wisdom from sorrow, but pleasure is one of the fruits of wisdom."
"You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant."
"A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper."
"Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after."
"Great minds believe they will succeed. Average minds doubt they can succeed. Small minds don't even try to succeed."
"If love was a crime, God would encourage us all to go to prison."
"Kindness is a rose, love is a bundle."
"If God had a wife, He would be in trouble too if He dodged His chores."
"Your wife is smarter than you; know this, and you will live happily ever after."
"Dream the impossible. See the invisible. Pursue the intangible. Achieve the incredible."
"When success is one thought away, think it. When success is one word away, speak it. When success is one deed away, perform it. When success is one step away, take it. When success is one moment away, seize it."
"Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise."
"Don't miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today."
"The only weapon you are allowed to kill anyone with is kindness."
"There are no stoplights on love's road, that is why many accidentally fall into it."
"Love is the soul's symphony."
"If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is."
"The greatest fortress in the universe is an ignorant mind, not even the highest thought can leap over it."
"In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless."
"The sun that warms is also the sun that burns."
"Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree."
"When someone steals your heart not even the law can help you."
"Loud critics are silenced by loud success."
"If you want to be happy now, love now; if you want to be happy later, love later; but if you want to be happy always, love always."
"Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life."
"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."
"Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop."
"The greatest among you are those with the greatest love. The richest among you are those with the most joy."
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