Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 38

Love is the only tyrant whose reign is sweet.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be who your enemies dread you'll become.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Against all odds, a seed rises from darkness and beautifies the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird cannot love freely when caged.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Less gossiping, more encouraging.Less complaining, more thanksgiving.Less criticizing, more complimenting.Less hurting, more helping.Less hating, more caring.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An inch to a man’s heart is a mile to his wallet.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If a tree bears sweet fruit, birds have many reasons to visit it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A heart of gold is more precious than a necklace of diamonds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is the master key that opens every blessings door.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never fool yourself, success will not come by accident – it must be deliberately planned for. If opportunities don’t come on their own, they too must be created or attracted.
Archibald Marwizi
A flower must bloom inside first before revealing its beauty to the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The value of money is subjective, depending on age. At the age of one, one multiplies the actual sum by 145,000, making one pound seem like 145,000 pounds to a one-year-old. At seven – Bertie’s age – the multiplier is 24, so that five pounds seems like 120 pounds. At the age of twenty four, five pounds is five pounds; at forty five it is divided by 5, so that it seems like one pound and one pound seems like twenty pence. (All figures courtesy of Scottish Government Advice Leaflet: Handling your Money.)
Alexander McCall Smith
There should always be a deliberate crafting and packaging of the words you speak so that they produce the kind of results you desire. Enough research has been done in every religion and belief system to support the truth that words have power to create or destroy. This is the reason why all major religions say their prayers. However, your words can only be as powerful and as effective as their sponsor. The words must possess the right substance.
Archibald Marwizi
If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When faith touches your heart, you can walk on water.When fear pricks your soul, you can sink on land.With a great mind, you can achieve countless things.With a strong heart, you can achieve extraordinary things.With a loving soul, you can achieve impossible things.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Plan for the sustainability of your success so that you do not drift back to failure and mediocrity.
Archibald Marwizi
There is only one time of absolute silence. Halfway between the dark of night and the light of morning, all animals and crickets and birds fall into a profound silence as if pressed quiet by the deep quality of the blackest time of night...This silence is how I know it is not yet dawn, nor is it the middle of the night, but it is the place of no-time, when all things sleep most deeply, when their guard is dozing
Alexandra Fuller
As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your values, as guiding principles, will influence your attitude towards yourself, life, other people, work and even challenges or success itself. Your values are a product of your beliefs.
Archibald Marwizi
The ocean cries every time it loses a drop.
Matshona T. Dhliwayo
Falling in love with someone is intentional, even if it was their looks that tripped you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is when life pushes you down that you learn to get up and go higher.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
To be a good leader, win minds; to be a great leader, win heart’s; and to be an extraordinary leader, win souls.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One good friend is better than a thousand questionable ones.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Know when to push, pull & hold your followers, lest you push them while on the edge of a cliff
Lazarus Takawira
Love is free, but priceless.Wisdom is precious, but costless.Faith is gentle, but fearless.Joy is scarce, but limitless.Truth is simple, but matchless.
Matshona Dhliwayo
That was what counted, she told herself: those unexpected moments of appreciation, unanticipated glimpses of beauty or kindness - any of the things that attached us to this world, that made us forget, even for a moment, its pain and its transience.
Alexander McCall Smith
The say money talks, but I've seen it sing, and even seen it dance.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thinking outside of the box is unnecessary when there are no boxes in your imagination.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The enlightened worry less than others,quarrel less than others,fight less than others,transgress less than others;care more than others,give more than others,and love more than others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To see a man’s true colors, tell him you’re saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman’s true colors, tell her you’re poor.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Anger has strength, hate has might, but love has power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The reward for goal-setting is that as you achieve each goal, you feel in charge of your own destiny, with every moment taken up productively. Self-esteem increases and it becomes easier to remain motivated. So set those high goals and make clear plans for their execution.
Archibald Marwizi
Even if love were considered a mental illness, that would not prevent it from being a pleasant one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you chase a butterfly, it will escape;if you feed it, it will come.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Those who know you see your tears even in the rain.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Africa was full of people in need of help and there had to be a limit. You simply could not help everybody; but you could at least help those who came into your life. That principle allowed you to deal with the suffering you saw. That was your suffering. Other people would have to deal with the suffering that they, in their turn, came across.
Alexander McCall Smith
A blunt arrow in the air has greater potential to strike than a sharp one in a quiver.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't resist change if it is to your advantage.Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one.Don't burn down bridges you will need to cross tomorrow.Don't expect other people to solve your problems.Don't let what's behind you dictate what's ahead of you.Don't lose sleep over anyone who doesn't lose sleep over you.Don’t let life's small arrows wound your big soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There is no limit to what your mind can achieve, what your heart can accomplish, and what your soul can realize.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In the morning envision victory,at night dream of it,but during the day fight for it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Words live longer than mortals.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill + hard work = SuccessSkill + hard work + prayer = Great success
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for a man to outpace his shadow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute writers and tell them what to write as much as they like, but they cannot vanish what has been written in the past, though they try often enough...People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.
Doris Lessing
It was curious how some people had a highly developed sense of guilt, she thought, while others had none.
Alexander McCall Smith
We chose younger and younger politicians to lead us because they looked good on television and were sharp. But really we should be looking for wisdom, and choosing people who had acquired it; and such people, in general, looked bad on television - gray, lined, thoughtful.
Alexander McCall Smith
A star never lets anything dull its sparkle, not even darkness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Breaking down a closed door is quicker than waiting for someone to answer it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You shouldn't expect anyone to give you a vision. A vision is not given, it's created, by you.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
You should be able to criticize and evaluate yourself before others do it. Check for congruity between your defined mission, vision, values and your practiced attitude, behaviour and habits.
Archibald Marwizi
The sun that warms is also the sun that burns.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom in poverty is better than folly in affluence.
Matshona Dhliwayo