Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 15

When dealing with two faced people, it is difficult to know which face is uglier, the real one or the manufactured one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Go to any small village anywhere in the world, and see what they remember. Everything. It's all there -- passed on like a precious piece of information, some secret imparted from one who knew to one who yearns to know. Taken good care of.
Alexander McCall Smith
Your personal development is your personal responsibility. No one can study or acquire knowledge for you. There are things only you can do, to bring the change or the results you require to make progress in life.
Archibald Marwizi
Nothing remarkable or impressive comes to be overnight, and all those so-called "overnight success" stories misrepresent the truth. It is only the manifestation of that success that appeared overnight, but its essence was built up over time.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Think honestly.Think humbly.Think honorably.Think happily.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The call to leadership excellence means you must now be awake to the reality that you are no longer your own, you are a blessing to society. In business, this will also mean value given to shareholders, customers, employees as well as society. This will take you, your family and your corporate base to appreciate that your leadership role and influence demands that they share you with other causes and stakeholders. As an effective person, you must be able to balance the demands on you and create the additional time that leadership at a higher level requires.
Archibald Marwizi
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion does not take orders from sheep.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No one can become successful for you. It takes personal definitions, personal decisions, personal convictions, personal actions and personal responsibility to succeed in life.
Archibald Marwizi
She was of traditional build herself, but her figure was largely concealed by the folds of a generously cut shift dress made out of a flecked green fabric. It was like a tent, thought Mma Ramotswe--a camouflage tent of the sort that the Botswana Defence Force might use. But I do not sit in judgement on the dresses of others, she told herself, and a tent was a practical enough garment, if that is what one felt comfortable in.
Alexander McCall Smith
You must be willing to be disciplined as well as make personal sacrifices. It takes discipline to go through rigorous training and study programs. You need a coach or coaches and sometimes mates to help you stick to your planned program in execution of your responsibilities. To be excellent and effective, the non-essentials must give up time and space in your life – some sacrifices have to be made. Work hard and work smart.
Archibald Marwizi
When the blind lead the blind the world is full of casualties.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you blame gravity for falling in love, even God has the right to laugh at you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest universe is not somewhere out there, but inside of yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Selfish leadership is okay with the failure of the successor so as to ensure that any form of praise will continue to be heaped on them
Lazarus Takawira
No one knows the future, but the present offers clues and hints on its direction.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Without roots a tree, no matter how tall, cannot stand.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The need for security and power riding on energies that should be making life better and easier for the masses remains a great error in leadership focus. Why should the discovery of uranium’s potential become a curse instead of a blessing? I am sure any type of power (nuclear and leadership included) in the wrong hands has the unfortunate potential to become a curse. A lot more is involved, including greed that causes the wealthy to sponsor violence and chaos. All, in order to profit from conflict, yet disregarding the harm caused to the vulnerable majority.
Archibald Marwizi
The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A thousand ways to please your wife boil down to two words: “Yes, dear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is the most beautiful flower in the garden of life.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A wise bird would rather lose a worm than a feather.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I feel relieved, reborn, I'm me again.Free from heartbreak, that strong yet invisible chain,That stymied me from living again.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Love has the mind of a sage, the heart of a saint, and the soul of an angel.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is so easy to thank people," said Mma Ramotswe, passing the letter over to Mma Makutsi, "and most people don't bother to do it. They don't thank the person who does something for them. They just take it for granted.
Alexander McCall Smith
The truth is that we all have what it takes to succeed and the fact is that not everyone will attain what they define success to be.
Archibald Marwizi
God's grace will not take you where it cannot keep you.
Edmond Sanganyado
To conquer fear is the best way to gain your self-confidence.
Roy Bennett
Never think you can convince God through prayer for a blessing. Praying for prosperity is a wrong weapon for war. If prayer could bring money, all intercessors would be billionaires.
Apostle T. Vutabwashe
Slay Goliath and the army behind him scatters.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again.
Alexander McCall Smith
Fear of failure is deceptive.Don't do it, you'll fail, it says.Courage is inceptive.It's where success starts.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
If challenges within this Global Economic sphere are not addressed, we risk having the same populace that celebrated the collapse of communism, or their future generations, rising up to demand that we go back to communistic approaches to the economy. Rising national debt of global powers, the growing gap between the rich and poor and the ripple effects of related threats, remain a challenge for the global economy. Will you be one of the leaders who have a unique mission with part of the illusive answers? Will you help more people rise to a better educational and economic status?
Archibald Marwizi
Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.
Roy Bennett
Your attitude should not settle for the average when you have what it takes to become the best. You excel by choice and you must be focused like a laser beam. Even the sun, powerful as it is, will not be able to burn a hole into a piece of paper until a magnifying glass is used to channel the power of its rays onto one spot. Focus your intellect and your knowledge to get excellent results.
Archibald Marwizi
Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't have to reach for the stars if you are already shining like one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Temporary failure will not prevent you from achieving lasting success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If your heart truly stops when she looks at you, how come you are still alive?
Matshona Dhliwayo
He will be a small man inside," said Mma Ramotswe. "He will feel small and unimportant. That is why he needs to put ladies down, Mma. Men who are big inside never feel the need to do that.
Alexander McCall Smith
He who despises a poor man’s wisdom has turned away great riches.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish don’t want it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is the attention we give to bad situations that stops us from getting out of them.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
There is an equation that I like to use when looking at my life's progress:Current Worth - Past Worth = Progress or Regression
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
A rose does not cease to be a flower because it lost one petal.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You may have a small body,but great strength.You may have an ordinary mind,but great wisdom.You may have a wounded heart,but great courage.You may have a weary soul,but great love.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The distance you walk on water depends on how great your faith is.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories contract until only the nuggets of hatred remain and no one can even remember, or imagine, why the war was organized in the first place.
Alexandra Fuller
Not knowing what to do with your life is a painful thing.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Pray sensibly.Pray scrupulously.Pray selflessly.Pray seriously.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Rise against every negative thought that rises against you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
She had never been able to tolerate dishonesty, which she thought threatened the very heart of relationships between people. If you could not count on other people to mean what they said, or to do what they said they would do, then life could become utterly unpredictable. The fact that we could trust one another made it possible to undertake the simple tasks of life.
Alexander McCall Smith
Major breakthroughs often come after major breakdowns.
Matshona Dhliwayo