Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 31

The days seem short, and time seems too little to do what you love.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.
Roy Bennett
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.
Archibald Marwizi
The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Nurture a tree today, and it will provide you fruit tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is louder than anger, even in silence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
By not making your own choices, you give up power to change your life.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Stars are born out of dark moments.
Matshona Dhliwayo
…one of those dreadful boarding schools. It was down on the South Coast. I think some very unpleasant things happened there…. So many lives were distorted by such cruelty. I know so many men who had to put up with that, so many….
Alexander McCall Smith
The upright are richer in deeds than the wealthy are in gold.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The strength to move forward when others stop, to keep going when others turn back, is the key to unlocking your greatest potential.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Success, like happiness, is a by-product, not a goal.
Roy Bennett
As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The key questions and challenges that we must all continue to pose and remind this key sector (the media) should be, 'Do you realize the power you have, to build and to destroy; to promote success or failure; to bring life or death to a cause or talent; to give a platform or take it away?
Archibald Marwizi
You feed the requisite substance through personal development efforts and position yourself strategically to allow the forces around you to create the path for your relevance and significance. You are not lifted by air, but by the substance inside you hitting the springboard of opportunity.
Archibald Marwizi
Learn, only to live. Live, only to learn.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Freedom to be yourself is among the most valuable freedoms I know.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Pain strengthens and failure teaches us the proper way to do things.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is a bird’s imagination, not its wings, that determines how high it can fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to learn two important lessons in life than a thousand when you are about to die.
Matshona Dhliwayo
That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you smile for no reason.
NoViolet Bulawayo
Love is the only flame that can light up your soul and universe simultaneously.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Blood is a reservoir of delights. It is a treasure trove for those who know what to look for, and how to isolate it from the rest of the junk. I know how to do both.
Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The heart carries heavy loads when it is being trained to carry weighty blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The distance between success and your dreams is hard work.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is the easiest asset to spend recklessly...
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The highest prayers lift you out of the lowest places.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Holding onto your dreams is better than holding onto your nightmares.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A knife is cutlery in one hand and a weapon in another.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If we are of one mind,thousands can be conquered.If we are of one heart,millions can be conquered.If we are of one soul,countless can be conquered.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are unmotivated to succeed, no one can help you.If you are determined to succeed, no one can stop you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Storms are rainbow’s inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In calmness of mind is greatness.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
She knew as well as anyone that the world could be a place of trial and sorrow, that there was injustice and suffering and heartlessness - there was enough of all that to fill the great Kalahari twice over, but what good did it do to ponder that and that alone? None, she thought.
Alexander McCall Smith
The primary challenge for any aspiring public office bearer is to have a well-defined cause and diligently represent that cause until a significant impact is witnessed. Adhering to value-based leadership principles must be at the top of the priority list for public office aspirants.
Archibald Marwizi
Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and you will be infinitely happy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
This business of womanhood is a heavy burden.
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Asking why you should retaliate often solves the problem better than retaliation itself.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The joy of success outweighs whatever negativity you might get from failing a couple of times.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
They say live it how you want toOr else someone else will.This is my life, and I willLive it.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
You can blow out a candle, but you cannot blow out a star.
Matshona Dhliwayo
True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A diamond does not lose its value because it is covered in mud.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A toothless wolf is less dangerous than a fanged insect.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Loss of worldly riches is better than loss of heavenly treasures.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There must be a season for everything that measures what success means to you, there must be a deliberately scheduled time slot for the things that are important to you. Wishing is not enough, deliberate plans followed by deliberate actions make it possible.
Archibald Marwizi