Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 9

Love has no wings, but is an angel. Lust has no horns, but is a devil.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No plaque reminds the passer-by of these glories, although there should be one; for those who invent biscuits bring great pleasure to many.
Alexander McCall Smith
To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A divided mind cannot conquer a united soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Coat your words with honey if you want to catch bees.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness awaits those who can rise from their greatest failures.
Matshona Dhliwayo
While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Have a clear plan or strategy to translate your success philosophy into desired results. Adopt an effective work ethic, with a laser-focus and requisite execution strategies to produce results.
Archibald Marwizi
If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be calm when your wife yells at you, calmer when she chastens you, but be terrified when she ignores you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Sociopaths are attracted to politics because the see it as a sphere in which you can be ruthless and step all over people. That fact that some politicians can tell such awful lies is another example of sociopathy. Sociopaths lie—they see nothing wrong with it.
Alexander McCall Smith
A gift freely given,I did not ask to be in this state: living.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The real strength of a man is not in the size of his muscles, but in the size of his heart.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Smiling through confusion is courage.Smiling through tears is strength.Smiling through pain is power.Smiling through tragedy is greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith is the best ingredient for miracles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Avoiding things that you deem unattainable on first sight will limit you.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
There are batons that you will obviously choose to pass on, upon your death, but there are others that would be advisable you pass on whilst you are still alive. Implement as practicable as possible, all succession elements that can be done whilst you are still alive so that you can ensure they are done according to your will/desire.
Archibald Marwizi
Don't judge a lion by its swimming abilities.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never cut down a tree whose shade you might need tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom; together they are a temple of enlightenment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Breaking from the herd is better than getting lost in it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge, teach. Wisdom, acquire. Understanding, share. Love, spread.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never underestimate yourself when you do what is right. Never overestimate yourself when you do what is wrong.
Roy Bennett
If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.
Roy Bennett
If you debate the wise,no matter how poor,they will hearken to wisdom.If you debate the foolish,no matter how rich,they will mock wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No one can stop you from shinning if you are standing in your own light.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness tests stars,but they shine.Storms test trees,but they stand.Adversity tests the great,but they soar.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The obvious signs of a brand gone wrong are the levels of negative headlines it consistently attracts. People talking about you for all the negative and wrong reasons. You begin to shoot yourself in the foot and you have become your own enemy. The gospel about you should be good enough to create relevance and significance - or rather to confirm that.
Archibald Marwizi
The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I shall go and sit under a tree…. Which tree, Mma?... Oh, there are many trees in this life, she said. It does not matter which tree you choose, as long as you choose the right one.
Alexander McCall Smith
Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness lies on the other side of fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love's weaknesses are better than hate's strengths.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Yes, cannibals. People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.
Doris Lessing
If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Every time I think I'm about to seize the moment, it drifts back into the shadows, just beyond my reach.
Paula Hawkins
If we let the men talk about them and decide them, then suddenly we wake up and find out that the men have made all the decisions, and these decisions all suit men.
Alexander McCall Smith
Some are interested in the mysterious, but lose interest once they think they know you.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
A pond with one fish is better than an ocean with none.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light does not have to beg darkness to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you sweep a woman off of her feet, make sure your character is strong enough to keep her in the air.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never is a man more proud than when he shuffles paper in front of an illiterate person.
Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The only race you are guaranteed to win is the one you run alone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Joy doubles your faith, strength triples your might, and love quadruples your power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The strongest bond in the universe is when two souls unite to become one.
Matshona Dhliwayo