Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 50

In the way that you need to clear the way to make a road, those who betray and abandon you expose things you need to remove from your life. They reveal the mistakes you made in trusting them and how you can avoid them in the future, and move on.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Sages are soldiers on the war on ignorance.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The difficulties of life don't stop attacking your self-worth and self-confidence, you just have to repair and fortify every time. Recall and recite it; tell yourself what you are worth.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.
Alexander McCall Smith
The doctor in Murare is old - old for anybody. He is especially old for a doctor and especially old for an African. But he doesn´t have the luxury of retirement to look forward to. There aren´t enough doctors in Africa. Those who choose to become doctors here don´t do it for the money or because thy want to do good. They do it because they have to heal, the way most people need to breath or eat or love. They can´t stop. As long as they are alive, they will never not be a doctor. They can be old, or alcoholic or burnt-out, but they will always be a doctor.
Alexandra Fuller
The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Memories of that which we have lost are curious things - weeks, months, even years may pass without recollection of them and then, quite suddenly, something will remind us of a lost friend, or of a favourite possession that has been mislaid or destroyed, and then we think: Yes, that is what I have had and I have no longer
Alexander McCall Smith
A slap from God is better than a handshake from the devil.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great faith equals great power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Shereketa” is a Shona word ordinarily meaning to fidget, to be restless, and to show discomfort. Whilst this word has largely been used negatively, the Shereketa principle channels it into a different dimension to be used positively for success. Shereketa re–defined refers to deliberate movements, actions and adjustments inspired by the calling to excellence & success, driven by a conviction against and a growing discomfort with mediocrity. The movements and actions take place in two realms - the inner spirit/convictions of your heart and the outer execution platforms of your physical and material world (Shereketa within and Shereketa without).
Archibald Marwizi
The only thing worse than not getting there is not starting the journey because you are still thinking about how to start it. Just start.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, knowing something is more important than fear and taking action in the face of fear.
Roy Bennett
If there is no room in the river,swim to the ocean.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light on its worst day will conquer darkness on its best day.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I was realizing something I should have known by using my intelligence, without ever having gone to their flat at all: that the ties between Nelson and his wife are bitterly close, and never to be broken in their lives. They are tied by the closest of all bonds, neurotic pain-giving; the experience of pain dealt and received; pain as an aspect of love; apprehended as a knowledge of what the world is, what growth is.Nelson is about to leave his wife; he will never leave her. She will wail at being rejected and abandoned; she does not know she will never be rejected.
Doris Lessing
Accept changes in others, as much as you would want them to accept changes in you.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
If you love a bird don't hold it too tightly or you'll soon be nursing a broken heart.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Train your emotions to listen to your fundamental empowering beliefs. Be principle-centred and values-driven.
Archibald Marwizi
A book is a garden, only its flowers are ideas.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Get up to pray in the dark when all are asleep and see how your path is lit and your life begins to shine.
Mufti Ismail Menk
A star is a rock that could no longer hide its light from the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Pain in the wilderness is an investment in pleasure in the Promised Land.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When God wants to give you a miracle, He first gives you a problem.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As Zhao ducked, he sneaked a blow aimed at Homwe’s stomach. Homwe groaned in surprise and confusion – shocked at his opponent’s speed and strength. He quickly drew a handgun from under his jacket and hit Xi Zhao on the head, drawing blood from his skull.
Marko Phiri
What they say doesn't matter because it can be lies, but it's what they do that matters because it always speaks truth.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.
Roy Bennett
Confident sheep overcome insecure wolves.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Power given up is power given away.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot aspire for greatness and fit in at the same time.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Strive to be more than number one—strive to be the greatest number one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to punish a sage lock him in the same room with a fool.
Matshona Dhliwayo
There are two kinds of warriors:those on the battlefield,and those in the boardroom;both are out to win.But the age of King Alexander has gone,and the age of Bill Gates has come.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An apple never bares a pear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Running away, avoiding life's battles or giving up robs you of the opportunity to grow and be stronger.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Despite his elegant appearance, Mr. Gweta’s most striking asset was his alluring personality. Professor Khupe had met few such men in his life. Their warmth made everyone feel like they were their best friend. They were good men. However, they tended to be morally ambidextrous. If a stranger confessed to having been involved in a horrible crime, they would reserve judgment until they found out whether the confessor was the victim or victimizer. Once they knew, they would immediately lend their sympathies to the confessor’s position. Their worldview was simple. They supported the first person to confide in them. Such men made good lawyers.
Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
Personalising success means defining it in line with your defined mission and beliefs. This will help ignite a passion for the dream as well as develop underlying values and attitudes.
Archibald Marwizi
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not the size of the ring, but the size of the love.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In calmness of mind is greatness
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Men, she thought, were odd about their clothes: they liked to wear the same things until they became defeated and threadbare.
Alexander McCall Smith
A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It's a hard case,' said Paul. 'First, I'm twenty. That means I'm very nervous and ill-at-ease with women. Second, I'm twenty. I have all my life before me, and frankly the prospect often appals me. Thirdly, I'm twenty, and I'm in love with Anna and my heart is breaking.
Doris Lessing
I sit there on the floor with the picture in front of me and think about how things get broken all the time by accident, and how sometimes you just don't get round to getting them fixed.
Paula Hawkins
If you want the world to know how truly beautiful you are, love everyone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The ordinary people of Africa tended not to have room in their hearts for hatred. They were sometimes foolish, like people anywhere, but they did not bear grudges, as Mr Mandela had shown the world.
Alexander McCall Smith
When your critics raise hell keep building your heaven.
Matshona Dhliwayo