Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 42

Be stimulated to become significant. This might be your back-slap moment. New-born babies born with weak signs of life are given a slap on the back to “stimulate” them. It is a knock to wake them up to the reality that they must now take charge. In this world, they have to do their own breathing and their own eating otherwise they will not survive. It’s the same in your adulthood and your quest for success, you must take charge because no one will wake up every day to do things for you and make a success out of a life of excuses and laziness.
Archibald Marwizi
Taking your own life could become the ultimate failure, because you will be killing and closing the existing door to a chance that might have been waiting to lead you into another path.
Archibald Marwizi
Works from the soul transcend works from the mind.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In the presence of the sun nobody sees the stars; excel, and you too will eclipse your competition.
Matshona Dhliwayo
And I know that I’m not perfect,But this path feels perfect.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.
Doris Lessing
There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When love intoxicates your heart, it is difficult for your soul to remain sober.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As the sky is too big for two stars to clash, the world is big enough for all of us to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The caterpillar they despise today is the butterfly they praise tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Walking to success is better than sprinting to failure.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Pray for your needs, not your greed.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is sweet even when what you go through is bitter.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The world is always throwing challenges and questions - which ones does your mission and purpose respond to or seek to solve? Do you know your mission and have you clearly defined the life-issues you intend to address?
Archibald Marwizi
Slaves of wisdom are masters of many.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you reach the mountaintop look upand think of how high you must leap to reach the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There was a great deal of progress being made, right under their noses, particularly in Africa, and this progress was good. Life was much harder for tyrants than it had been before.
Alexander McCall Smith
When they try to judge you,remember, they themselves are judged.When they try to condemn you,remember, they themselves are condemned.When they try to break you,remember, they themselves are broken.When they try to hurt you,remember, they themselves are hurting.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Whilst you can be a stepping stone to help others succeed, you are not a dirty mat to be abused by others.
Archibald Marwizi
A photograph may speak to the photographer's envy or disappointment just as much as it may reveal his anger or disapproval. And even if a photograph records a joyous occasion, behind it there may still be more than a small measure of heartbreak on the part of the photographer. A small measure of heartbreak? One might think such a thing is impossible--if your heart is broken, then surely it is broken completely. Yet the truth is that we can live with a minor fault-line in the heart--most of us do, in one way or another.
Alexander McCall Smith
A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.
Matshona Dhliwayo
So much can be done,even when little is said.So little can be done,even when much is spoken.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The future starts within a second from now.The past was, within a second ago.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The eye, though small, sees remarkable things.The ear, though small, hears remarkable things.The hand, though small, carries remarkable things.The foot, though small, transports remarkable things.The tongue, though small, utters remarkable things.The mind, though small, perceives remarkable things.The heart, though small, contains remarkable things.The soul, though small, experiences remarkable things.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind must be prepared to face some kind of ‘failure’ or mistakes – take the lessons, face the consequences even if embarrassing, and march on.
Archibald Marwizi
The bitterest fruit tastes sweet when you share it with someone you love.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Write the masterpiece that has not been written.Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung.Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted.Create the masterpiece that has not been created.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I am a person who continually destroys the possibilities of a future because of the numbers of alternative viewpoints I can focus on the present.
Doris Lessing
Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The key trait of a Sperm Pirate is that she is not driven by desperation. Escaping poverty or hardship is not her motive. She usually has a good education and access to the same opportunities as the man she tries to trap. However, she understands that it is more efficient to enjoy a lavish lifestyle through the sweat of another’s labour. But the Sperm Pirate is acutely aware that the infatuation of a hormonal man has a brief shelf life. This poor collateral must be cashed in before it expires. A pregnancy is the best way to convert this volatile resource into a stable asset. Babies are reliable insurance policies. They create legal obligations for financial support, even when the sweet milk of passion turns sour.
Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If your love for your wife can be measured, it is not big enough.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You become what you think, not what others think of you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A mansion begins with one brick.A forest begins with one tree.A harvest begins with one seed.An ocean begins with one drop.A friendship begins with one gesture.A fire begins with one spark.A revolution begins with one idea.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The lack of knowledge on the part of followers perpetuates a culture of abuse by bad leadership. Every day, issues are being endorsed in the name of standing for the ignorant masses, only to benefit those who sponsor the agendas. Priorities are set and resources allocated, never to benefit or reach those cited as the underlying justification for sourcing the funds or setting the priorities.
Archibald Marwizi
To patch up a relationship, understanding is the needle, and love is the thread.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Nobody alive today can tell me how much I am worth. I change that everyday.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The grass is always green if God is watering it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Quiet birds rob the universe of beautiful symphonies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To have a rich mind is better than to have a rich bank account.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A ruler who is loved is greater than a ruler who is feared.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you lead the wise, walk behind them.When you lead the virtuous, walk beside them.When you lead the imprudent, walk in front of them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Clenched fists are not open to receive blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.
Matshona Dhliwayo