Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 44

Make the difficult choices and adopt the discipline regime required of a person who has set their mind to succeed, kiss mediocrity goodbye and translate an ordinary life to the extraordinary. It takes personal commitment of time and resources, and a sacrifice of non-essential pleasures to move towards success.
Archibald Marwizi
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is ill-mannered; it can knock on your heart early, stay late, and leave without saying goodbye.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In calm waters you still find sharks.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Can you forgive her? Can you do that?There was no response.Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier.And?And then you will be able to forgive yourself—and ask others to forgive you.
Alexander McCall Smith
Fools do not acknowledge God,the proud reject Him,the wise embrace Him,and the righteous worship Him.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Time stops when you are in love, even as you age.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knock on the sky's door, and stars will open it; knock on the universe’s door, and love will open it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.
Roy Bennett
A leader must produce other leaders. Why do you want to produce followers, when by being called a leader the assumption is that you already have followers? Influence those who follow to birth their kind and develop others to lead.
Archibald Marwizi
They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great minds rise above problems.Great hearts rise above pain.Great souls rise above temptations.Great individuals rise above themselves and the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not the mirror.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is the only criminal who, after stealing your heart, convinces you to celebrate her.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A life that lacks physical exercise and activity leads to lethargy and promotes sickness of both body and mind. Exercise is important because it helps the heart, lungs, muscles and brain to be more efficient in their use of oxygen. Take personal responsibility over what you can control – it’s your life.
Archibald Marwizi
Where there is wisdom there is life,and where there is evil there is death.Folly is your enemy and so are fools;wisdom is your friend and so are the wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There comes a point in your life when you realize your hardest times are your best times, too—you will see the rainbow of your life.
Roy Bennett
It was the time of night that precedes dawn and is without perspective or reason. It was the hour when regret and fear overwhelm hope and courage and when all that is ugly in us is magnified and when we are most panic-stricken by what we have lost, and what we have almost lost, and what we fear we might lose.
Alexandra Fuller
In the morning, when she wishes me to wake, she crouches on my chest, and pats my face with her paw. Or, if I am on my side, she crouches looking into my face. Soft, soft touches of her paw. I open my eyes, say I don't want to wake. I close my eyes. Cat gently pats my eyelids. Cat licks my nose. Cat starts purring, two inches from my face. Cat, then, as I lie pretending to be asleep, delicately bites my nose. I laugh and sit up. At which she bounds off my bed and streaks downstairs -- to have the back door opened if it is winter, to be fed, if it is summer.
Doris Lessing
You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect.
Tsitsi Dangarembga
A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A small tree with large roots will last longer than a large tree with small roots.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To climb great mountains you need feet of faith.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you are madly in love with someone, even when sanity tries to rescue you, you wrestle it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is what you do about the fear you feel that sets you apart, to be a coward or a courageous person.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
If you build castles in the air, make sure you have a ladder to reach them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The beauty that is in you is greater than the ugliness that is around you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The question is what kind of stuff do you immerse your mind in? What kind of food does your brain feed on? What kind of exercise does it get and for what purpose? What do you spend time listening to? What thoughts do you entertain? All these are the processes that form the conveyor belt into your subconscious mind.
Archibald Marwizi
Do not blindly accept anyone's definition of your life and define it yourself.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Who are you? Where are you coming from? What are your strengths and ambitions? What makes you happy and fulfilled? What are your inherent gifts and talents? Clearly define yourself.
Archibald Marwizi
Great obstacles are no match for a great God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that
Paula Hawkins
Make a deliberate effort to feed your conscious and subconscious mind to achieve a well programmed mind frame, ready to succeed. Read the right material, watch the right material and listen to the right material. Practice and expose yourself to the right material so that you can form positive attitudes, positive feelings and positive habits. For each person, the right material is defined from their unique vision, mission, beliefs and values.
Archibald Marwizi
Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You were not born to impress the world, but to impress the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light enters a broken vessel more easily than an intact one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you put on your thinking cap make sure it’s clean.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your belief system should be positive and empowering enough to influence a strong mental state and a positive attitude that will rise up to defeat any suggestion that you are destined to fail.
Archibald Marwizi
You have to know yourself enough to be able to choose friends that you will be compatible with.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
For the Christian, the Bible, the Holy Spirit, guidance from trusted leaders and a revelation from your growing personal relationship with God go a long way to provide guidance. Learn to distinguish between spiritual blackmail and Godly Bible-based advice or warnings. Study your religion or belief and know it for yourself, heavy reliance on a third party for prolonged periods will sometimes open you up to possible abuse.
Archibald Marwizi
I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.
NoViolet Bulawayo
The universe is a masterpiece painted by love's masterstrokes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your age reflects or measures the rate at which you have been spending life. Every one born into this world is given life and that life is measured in units of time. Spending time means spending life, wasting time means wasting life. Getting value out of time means, getting value out of life. Time does not stop moving because we stopped working with purpose, meaning life does not stop or take a break even when you plan to go on vacation. You never stop spending time, even when you don’t have a penny in your pocket.
Archibald Marwizi
And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.
NoViolet Bulawayo
Picking up the pieces of a shattered dream is better than having no pieces to pick up at all.
Matshona Dhliwayo
At a higher level you are influenced by deity and the spiritual. Even atheism is based on the belief that there is no God or gods, without deity-acknowledging religion it has no foundation or basis. What is your divine influence, doctrine and reservoir of inspiration to tackle or create the tangible out of the realm of the unseen and the spiritual?
Archibald Marwizi
f you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.
Matshona Dhliwayo