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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"Be deliberate about what you choose to read, watch or listen to " these are source codes to your internal programming."
"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."
"Our highest deeds come from helping the lowest people."
"Your mind is your world. Your heart is your nature. Your soul is your universe. Your life is your creation."
"It's about teamwork, realizing we are on the same side and complementing each other. The family is at its best when exposed to and engaged in high-quality environments, interactions, and relationships. This is not technological or economic quality " it is leadership and effectiveness quality. Children mature best when the adults in their life work in partnership with one another. There must exist important aligning of mission, beliefs, values and behaviours within the family unit."
"Without faith, it is impossible to succeed. It takes faith to grow, change or move out of your comfort zone. All external interventions become futile without the personal and internalized buy-in from the spirit-man who needs to change towards a given success destination."
"Stop, think and use your brain! Don't' rush through life. Take time to reflect as you define what success means to you. Always remember you are one of a kind!"
"Respect your haters, they are always the first to show you that you are better than them."
"Believe in yourself, for the universe believes in you."
"Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on."
"The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it."
"A vessel's beauty does not determine how much water it carries."
"The weaknesses of the wise are better than the strengths of fools."
"You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat."
"Inner beauty magnifies outer beauty."
"Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most."
"A man's rivals tell you how great he is."
"Love has no wings, but is an angel. Lust has no horns, but is a devil."
"The highest prayers lift you out of the lowest places."
"If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears."
"No one benefits from an empty jar, fill yourself first before pouring out to others."
"A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines."
"The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences."
"Short prayers with long legs travel far."
"If size really mattered, a match wouldn't be able to set a forest on fire."
"A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from."
"So much can be done, even when little is said. So little can be done, even when much is spoken."
"If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness."
"Success is the daughter of perseverance."
"A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns."
"You need to change the questions you ask yourself and of your situations, in order to change the trajectory of your life. These are questions that will help you define and refine your purpose."
"If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up."
"Though you are as a drop in the ocean, without you, the universe would be empty."
"There still remains a lot of space to share on earth, and overpopulation remains a perception. We put geographic and political boundaries around ourselves because of the need to rule and control. To find solutions, the current and future leader needs to go back to redefine underlying influences to relevant political, demographic and geographic systems. Will you take up the challenge and consider the possibilities?"
"Concentrate on your strengths and talents to change your situation, and avoid those pity-parties. Absorbing the blows and present pain is a quality of greatness. Measure yourself against the goals and standards you have set for yourself, rather than comparing yourself to others and feeling discouraged or useless."
"Behaviours and habits are therefore the end result of the entire value chain and cannot be changed in a sustainable manner by scratching the surface - you have to dig deeper. This is why jail time, threats and sanctions without appropriate rehabilitation programs will not change a person unless they embark on a personal journey/program to initiate the process of change from the inner core " how the programs in their brain are wired to influence their beliefs."
"Truth is my weapon. Knowledge is my armor. Wisdom is my strategist. Love is my warrior."
"If your belief system, mission, values and attitude are poisoned or contaminated, then expect whatever you enjoy and perceive as success to be short-lived."
"A mission without action is equally ineffective and futile as action without mission. Use the "power of precision, and remember language shapes thought and thought shapes action."
"A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one."
"Leave no room for fear and excuses. Be strong in spirit and possess unwavering convictions. Choose to be an optimist and commit to succeed."
"The sky does not despair when a star falls, it makes room for a new one."
"If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name."
"Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort."
"My mother-in-law belongs in Hell, but the devil is afraid she'll end up taking over."
"A star is not afraid of darkness, for its light comes from within."
"It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs."
"If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, you are a murderer; if you are willing to die for your beliefs, you are a martyr."
"A heart's wound heals quicker than a soul's scratch."
"Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns."
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