Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 51

A smile is worth dozens of words, but a kiss is worth a thousand.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light wears out the eyes but does not wear out the soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful thoughts precede a beautiful life.
Matshona Dhliwayo
We co-existed in peaceful detachment
Tsitsi Dangarembga
In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Personally, I think it is better for me to love myself and enjoy being me, than to please someone else by pretending to be someone I'm not.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
God is the distance between light and darkness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As they say: A baking man will grasp at a hangman. Whoever gets the job will be dragged into the heat, forced to wear a massive pair of iron shoes, and frogmarched across the minefield at gunpoint.
Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
Only a fool lights a fire and tries to hide at the same time.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It was always the best way of finding out information; just go and ask a woman who keeps her eyes and ears open and who likes to talk. It always worked. It was no use asking men; they simply were not interested enough in other people and the ordinary doings of people. That is why the real historians of Africa had always been the grandmothers, who remembered the lineage and the stories that went with it.
Alexander McCall Smith
Greatness is not measured by what you have, but by what you give.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Now that you are a leader. Everyone will want to know what you are doing and feel at liberty to comment or scrutinize even your private life. The world will become interested in your family life, your health, your achievements but most interestingly your shortcomings.
Archibald Marwizi
A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not something you can tell by looking at a person, but trust is always being increased or decreased as you interact with a person.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
What it is,” she sighed, “to have to choose between self and security.
Tsitsi Dangarembga
You are your greatest asset in the business of your life.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You have not accomplished anything significant if no one envies you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Why weep when it takes less energy to laugh? Why frown when it takes less energy to smile? Why despair when it takes less energy to hope? Why fear when it takes less energy to love?
Matshona Dhliwayo
Calm yourself and you calm your storm.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Whatever you do, be gentle. People might have forgiven your harsh words but they may never forget how it stabbed their heart at that time!
Mufti Ismail Menk
Darkness is an uncomfortable place, but that is where stars are made.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you put all of your eggs in love’s basket, joy will hatch.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Sow wisdom today, and you will reap success tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stop, think and use your brain! Don’t’ rush through life. Take time to reflect as you define what success means to you. Always remember you are one of a kind!
Archibald Marwizi
Love is the greatest drug; joy is the strongest medicine; virtue is the noblest remedy; together, they are the greatest therapy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realise how widespread envy was.
Alexander McCall Smith
If you want to get positive results you have to refuse to think negative thoughts by substituting them with constructive ones. When you develop a positive attitude toward life, your life will start having a positive result.
Roy Bennett
Good can exist without evil,but evil cannot exist without good.The former is eternal,the latter is temporal.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is a very important assignment. God will score us at the end.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Remain aware of your weak points; not knowing or choosing to ignore them, means creating dangerous ‘blind-spots’ in the path to your success.
Archibald Marwizi
In trees, monkeys rule;on land, lions rule;in the sky, eagles rule;in the waters, whales rule.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom in sorrow is better than joy in folly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Sometimes I think the one form of experience people are incapable of learning from is the political experience.
Doris Lessing
Don't believe a man will give you the world if he doesn't even buy you flowers.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Most good decisions that a person make are a result of reflection and the will to change.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The distance between two minds is understanding.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One man's thorn is another man's rose.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No three words have greater force than “I want you,” greater strength than “I need you,” greater might than “I miss you,” and greater power than “I love you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A short axe can still cut down tall trees.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage treats the weak better than fear treats the strong.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Character is greatness inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear can only be mastered outside of your comfort zone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Happiness does not come from having much, but from being content, even when you have little.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how great you are at what you do, as long as you remain known only within your own family circles, then you and your talent will die in obscurity and irrelevance. Position yourself to influence the masses by having a media, marketing and communication strategy.
Archibald Marwizi
Make adjustments and improvements to enhance the effectiveness of meetings or surpassing of your target. Learn to define, quantify and be specific about what, how and when you want to succeed in each area of your life.
Archibald Marwizi
I am aware that for decades there has been exploration of options and concrete plans and investments being made to look at life on another planet. We must not stop exploring. At the same time let’s preserve and enhance the life we already have on earth. Join the green revolution, plant trees, stop soil erosion, reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere and promote recycling of waste. Become aware, create awareness, act responsibly and lead by example.
Archibald Marwizi
Excellence is the key that opens successes' door.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Turn your frowns into smiles, your tears into laughter, your weaknesses into strengths, your setbacks into opportunities, and your failures into victories.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom is a sharp chisel to carve out your future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in deep waters that God teaches us to swim.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light in your soul kindles the light in your world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you ask God for love,He may give you someone to forgive.If you ask God for patience,He may give you someone to bear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your brightest light will take you to your greatest heights.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion.
Matshona Dhliwayo