Quotes by Ethiopian Authors

I may not like everyone but love all. No one is worthy of occupying my heart. You scored a point, so what? Congratulations. You're forgiven!
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True determination is betting on your solemn decision regardless of the gloomy realities surrounding the thing you resolved to pursue.
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In fact, there is nothing so easily remade as our definitions of ourselves.
Dinaw Mengestu
Gravity keeps your body down from flying high. On the other hand, nothing can keep you down from outperforming yourself and from continually growing to become excellent.
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You're unstoppable not because you're stronger than your challenges/competitors. It's because you're consistent. You won’t quit easily!!!
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We all have sweet spots when triggered, we unleash our potential. Best motivation is when it comes from within. Find your sweet spots and get motivated to accomplish extraordinary things!!!
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You shouldn't allow people who hurt you to occupy a fraction of your heart. Forgive and move on, especially in this season of thanksgiving.
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When you become self aware, you know your uniqueness, strengths, and limitations too. You become easy to work with others. You also avoid competing with others unhealthily.
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It may be necessary to change our brand, catch phrases, strategy, design, etc. once in awhile. It may give us competitive advantages. But a change that demands the change of the SOUL of who we're doesn't deserve to be entertained.
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Our values have led us where we are in life right now. We can't excel beyond the power behind our values that we have embraced...
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If one door closes, another opens. As far as you're growing and updating yourself, the world craves to have a piece of you.
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Time and again, I've met or read about people who succeeded against all kinds of odds because they had passion. You're passion away to win!
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The best revenge to get on your distractors is taking the high road. Avoid playing their game, following their murky rules.
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When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism...
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Having unceasingly grateful life requires demonstrating gratitude daily whether our daily life treats us kindly or not.
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If you truly have character and respecting others is your core value, you respect everybody regardless of who they are, what they believe and how they behave...
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If you don't like how others define & label you, then work on your values. Embrace and practice values that you would like to be associated.
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To grow, be humble and ask questions most of the time. When you do so, a wise and smart person sees him/herself in you and treats you with dignity. On the other hand, if you ask questions and try to learn from a shallow and fool person, s/he treats you with contempt and disrespect. Now, you know who is who...
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If you're a true student of the truth, you may easily get frustrated when people try to make points based on mysticism and cultural beliefs.
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You don't need to become great 1st to step into your greatness. Have you left your comfort zone and ventured out to unleash your greatness?
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PROMISING, VOWING...cannot earn us trust. Trust can't be generated overnight. No SHORT CUT! It takes DOING over a very long period of time.
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Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life. The key for the betterment and completeness of modern living is education. But, ' Man cannot live by bread alone '. Man, after all, is also composed of intellect and soul. Therefore, education in general, and higher education in particular, must aim to provide, beyond the physical, food for the intellect and soul. That education which ignores man's intrinsic nature, and neglects his intellect and reasoning power can not be considered true education.
Haile Selassie I
Many things might have caused pain this year. The good thing is that we would not have felt them if we weren't alive. Thankful that I'm alive!
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Character isn't all about becoming a saint or perfect. No one is perfect! There are areas we all are working on to improve and fine tune..
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Do you want to know my mindset? I play whether I win or lose if I believe in the play. All in! You've to kill me. I won't tap out :-) lol
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People define you based on what you value...
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But one of the things I have learned during the time I have spent in the United States is an old African American saying: Each one, teach one. I want to believe that I am here to teach one and, more, that there is one here who is meant to teach me. And if we each one teach one, we will make a difference.
Marcus Samuelsson
Our fulfillment in life and career meets with success when we give our best as per our unique talent, gifting, strengths while willing to team up with others in the areas of our limitations...
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No one is perfect. We all have weaknesses and limitations. Some can't be fixed. But, at least, a leader shouldn't find herself blindsided...
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Don't waste your time to appease people who have already stumbled in you because of what you stand for. Respect their decision & move on...
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Keep on smiling, treat people with respect, be cool even if some may not treat you the same. How people treat you doesn't change who you're.
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If you closely scrutinize relationships everywhere that struggle, in most cases, it is due to lack of self-awareness of one or both parties...
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Blaming our past for not taking action to change our destiny for good is taken from a weak man’s playbook...
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No one deserves to rent your heart, especially those who hurt you. Your heart is precious and deserves to store your great memories!
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When leaders lack self-awareness, they doubt themselves; uncertain about their abilities; unclear about the direction to take on each turn, and more...
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Many forgiven me for my missteps. I know, I'm BIG mouthed. Thank you for giving me a second chance. Because of you, I also forgive others...
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As a leader, 1st, work on yourself- increase your self-awareness. There shouldn't be any other urgent agenda than this. Get enlightened! Know very well who you're including your strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots!
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Desire activates the potential that was coined within you. You cannot unleash your potential without stepping up your desire to succeed...
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When someone respects you, s/he confronts you in private before taking you in public and/or stabbing in the back and backbiting you...
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When you put yourself and your interest ahead of the people you intend to serve, it doesn't take long to find out that it's a recipe for disappointment.
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Conflict occurs everywhere except in the cemetery. Everyone experiences conflict except the dead. Thankful for being alive...
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Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past... It's gone! Learn from it and move on...
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People attempt to create association b/n you and your values. Oh, Mary- the girl who is caring; you mean the company with quality products?
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Don't allow people to define you based on reading the abstract of your story without even reading chapter 1. Continue to write the remaining chapters.
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When we hesitate to change on time, we predispose ourselves to miss the boat that would take us to our envious future...
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We must not be anything other than what we are.
Maaza Mengiste
Many people desire to be trusted but they don’t do things that make them trustworthy...
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When people violate your values, they have excuses for doing so. For instance, they may misconceive your quest for responsiveness as being annoying...
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If EXCELLENCE is one of your values, not only you self-critic and evaluate your performance consistently, you BEG others for honest feedback...
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Embrace the right values that may enable you achieve self-leadership & self-discipline, and show commitment to these values unconditionally.
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If you've passion- the desire to succeed at all cost, there won't be any lack or limitation that could stop you. Passion wipes out excuses.
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Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.
Abe Gubegna
The discovery of your purpose (the reason for your existence) generates the passion and dedication it takes to pursue and fulfill it...
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You should author the narration of your life and organization. If you don't, someone will, and you may not like it.
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When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy?
Maaza Mengiste
Self-awareness is the key to find our uniqueness. The latter increases our chance to succeed in our personal, career, and business lives...
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The line between ego and healthy self-esteem is very delicate. We should know when we cross this line, switch side, and become egotistical.
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We don't need to win all the time. We should embrace losing. Losing weight, bad employees, disloyal friends...These aren't bad things @ all!
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Don't go for knockout in one punch, if your desire is to stay longer in the fight and thrive; go for outlasting them. Take the higher road.
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If you respect & care about someone, give him/her direct feedback in his/her face. Please don't be coward and use proxies! Be a man/woman!!!
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