Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 6

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Emotions or feelings stem from your attitude and they become the basis on which you decide or act. All decisions, choices and actions have some kind of underlying emotional influence. To change the way you feel about someone or something you must first change the way you think about them.
Archibald Marwizi
You don’t have to swim when you know how to walk on water.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you feed a child, you strengthen him for a day; if you educate him, you strengthen him for a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A mother’s eyes are like God; impossible to get away from, they see everything.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light the candle of success with the flame of excellence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Do not fixate on the odds against you but on victory ahead of you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greed is the seed of corruptionas much as virtue is the seed of justice.Wisdom is the seed of successas much as vice is the seed of destruction.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I write all these remarks with exactly the same feeling as if I were writing a letter to post into the distant past: I am so sure that everything we now take for granted is going to be utterly swept away in the next d
Doris Lessing
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you don't mind them and accept that they don't like you, you'll see that you won't return the negativity.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.
Doris Lessing
It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest among you are those with the greatest love.The richest among you are those with the most joy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest gift you can give to someone is your heart; because when you give your heart, you are giving your most prized possession.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One of the most valuable gifts that a person can give (or receive) is a productive mentality. It is with a productive mentality that people change their lives for the better, in ways profound.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Smile, even when others do not.Care, even when others will not.Love, even when others could not.Give, even when others cannot.
Matshona Dhliwayo
With all this snow, with the sun not there, with the cold and dreariness, this place doesn't look like my America, doesn't even look real. It's like we are in a terrible story, like we're in the crazy parts of the Bible, there where God is busy punishing people for their sins and is making them miserable with all the weather. The sky, for example, has stayed white all this time I have been here, which tells you that something is not right. Even the stones know that a sky is supposed to be blue, like our sky back home, which is blue, so blue you can spray Clorox on it and wipe it with a paper towel and it wouldn't even come off.
NoViolet Bulawayo
Moving rocks today strengthens you for moving mountains tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Just like watering the field will cause both the desired seed and the undesirable weed to germinate, the opportunities for your mission in life will be equally presented with real-life threats.
Archibald Marwizi
When faith touches your heart, you can walk on water.When fear pricks your soul, you can sink on land.With a great mind, you can achieve countless things.With a strong heart, you can achieve extraordinary things.With a loving soul, you can achieve impossible things.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be the spouse you wish to have.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that does not break out of its shell will die in its egg.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Do not underrate yourself trying to be somebody else.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is unnecessary cargo when sailing to success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Oh, I simply can’t think. When I really want to depress myself, I think of all the brilliant men I know, married to their stupid wives. Enough to break your heart, it really is
Doris Lessing
Average leaders take you to the mountain.Superior leaders take you up the mountain.Excellent leaders take you to mountaintop.Transcendent leaders take you to the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The prettiest flower still had to struggle to surface.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A wise man is a student though he is a teacher.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As for him "feeling dead", that's probably just a consequence of him being gone from your life for so long. In some sense he no longer feels real to you.
Paula Hawkins
When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The major purpose of defining and understanding yourself is to be able to come up with an objective strategy to map your success.
Archibald Marwizi
The reality of life and an imperfect world dictates that things cannot be held constant to guarantee your success; you have to wiggle your way through a planned path within a maze, to attain your goal.
Archibald Marwizi
A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Small steps add up to complete big journeys.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Accept changes in others, as much as you would want them to accept changes in you.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Genius is talent set on fire.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Big dreamers achieve more than big doubters.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Breaking down a closed door is quicker than waiting for someone to answer it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A gift freely given,I did not ask to be in this state: living.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Have the mind of a swam, the heart of a lion, the tongue of a serpent, the flair of a swam, and the soul of a dove.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Most entertainers and celebrities realize the influencing power they possess. The sad reality is that those in the know tend to utilise that power with a lack of mission, beliefs and values which could translate to a positive impact of their talent on the lives as well as missions of those who form their fan-base. Their agenda tends to be self-centred but it can change.
Archibald Marwizi
If you throw a stone into the ocean, it will reach the bottom; if you throw a word into someone’s heart, it will reach their soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The laws of gravity work everywhere except in the heart and the soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo