Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 28

If men could be bought like clothes at an outlet, only then would women always get what they bargained for.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There are many sadnesses in the hearts of men who are far away from their countries.
Alexander McCall Smith
If you have never seen a masterpiece, look in the mirror.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A single candle has the power to light up a room, a single star has the power to light up the sky, and a single soul has the power to light up the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To know is to memorize.To understand is to utilize.The accumulation of knowledge is learnedness.The accumulation of wisdom is experience.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Passion will warm you for days, infatuation will warm you for months, but love will set you on fire for a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Perfectionists are patient,the diligent are persevering,and the relentless are successful.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The secret to greatness:do what has been overlooked by the great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion's greater talents are revealed in the jungle, not in the circus.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Geniuses’ steps take you higher than talent’s leaps.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A seed today is a forest tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The key to leadership remains influence. What kind of a leader are you and how do you deliberately model your leadership to achieve desired impact on those you influence or you seek to influence?
Archibald Marwizi
She watched him take the trumpet from its case and fit the mouthpiece. She watched as he raised it to his lips and then, so suddenly, from that tiny cup of metal against his flesh, the sound would burst out like a glorious, brilliant knife dividing the air. And the little room would reverberate and the flies, jolted out of their torpor, would buzz round and round as if riding the swirling notes.
Alexander McCall Smith
The blind cannot see light,but can feel its warmth.The deaf cannot hear sound,but are aware of its power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him.
Matshona Dhliwayo
God is always the first one there when we fall,but most of us don’t look up.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Believe in yourself, not in your critics.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Due to climate change and growing world population, the demand for vital requirements for human survival will continue to rise. If the world is not producing as much food as demanded, the prices will continue to rise affecting the poor and lower classes more, in every society. It is sad, looking at the shocking statistics of people who die every day as well as the spread of preventable diseases in developing nations, just because people do not have access to clean drinking water. So are we proud of our leadership contribution? Are we doing enough to increase food production, harvest rain water and replenish underground water reserves?
Archibald Marwizi
Love pouring out of you is evidence of God pouring into you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Smile, even when others do not.Care, even when others will not.Love, even when others could not.Give, even when others cannot.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The more you give, the more you can give.
Roy Bennett
One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Life kept throwing me storms, but I kept finding rainbows.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It may well be that there will be this socialism, Juliana,’ she said, ‘but I can tell you right now that no amount of socialism will make my madam was her own underwear.’ - ‘Aunt Juliana’s Indian
Petina Gappah
The tongue can cut deeper than the sword or heal faster than in the ward.
Mufti Ismail Menk
Clear skies do not promise rain.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long. The number of women prepared to stand up for what they really think feel experience with a man they are in love with is still very small.
Doris Lessing
Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
We all have special attributes that are of value to someone. Find your place of value. You are never useless. You just need to find your place.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way.
Alexander McCall Smith
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When your own success shocks you, you fail to sustain it and it becomes a curse instead of a blessing. Think through issues and make considerations before you encounter the real situation. Companies invest billions in research and development, including models and simulations to increase chances of success – all in an attempt to make success deliberate for a particular project.
Archibald Marwizi
Be the friend you wish to have.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Follow your dreams, not the crowd.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to rise, drop everyone that is weighing you down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Great things often come from actions and decisions taken by others, that are deemed wild, stupid or unreasonable at the time, but later prove to be very useful.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
I'm strong beyond appearances reveal,But I'm human, and have weak moments still.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
When you look in the mirror and see your reflection, your eyes are open; when you look in the mirror and see God, your soul is open.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When darkness comes,stars shine.When storms come,plants flourish.When adversity comes,champions triumph.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Literature is analysis after the event.
Doris Lessing
In life, those with heart certainly outdo those with ‘smart’.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.
Matshona Dhliwayo
...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that are not supposed to meet.
NoViolet Bulawayo
I am yet to meet the idiot at whose door success arrived as a direct result of his refusal to invest in the enterprise that made him rich.
Jonathan Wutawunashe
There were some people, it seemed, who were incapable of being pleasant about anything. Of course, the cars that such people drove tended to be difficult as well. Nice cars have nice drivers; bad cars have bad drivers. A person's gearbox revealed everything that you could want to know about that person, thought Mr J.L.B. Matekoni.
Alexander McCall Smith
The folly of the wise is better than the wisdom of fools.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom is a teacher,God is its professor.The wise are His students,life is His rod,and eternal life is our reward.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't need to move mountains when love will fly you over.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Rise above storms.Sail against tides.Succeed against the odds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Whilst the greatest threat to your mission is the internal aspects within you, the external circumstances need to be covered against as well. Scan your external environment and circumstances.
Archibald Marwizi
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.
Matshona Dhliwayo