Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors

What sinks the devil sails the Christian.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A slap from God is better than a handshake from the devil.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind has the Propensity to Excel along the Path of least resistance thereby ostracising other equally important "concepts" It is this lack of restrictions of the mind that separates our intellectually aptitude
Archibald Gumiro
You are no greater than the adversity you can handle.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Through storms you are able to get all the colors you need to paint the rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The hotter the furnace the finer the gold.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Trials are part of the adventure to greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your next victory is behind your next test.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great tests precede great blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The further you are in the wilderness, the closer the Promised Land is.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Adversity is the door to opportunity.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your greatest wildernesses lead you to your greatest Promised Lands.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Adversity is opportunity inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The tree that stands to the tempest is strong;the tree that refuses to bend, the strongest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Present trials strengthen you for future blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As water drowns but also cleanses, so adversity scalds but also blesses.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your breaking point is often your blessing point.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Adversity is the evil twin of reward.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Only because of darkness are we able to clearly see the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Impossible is what you say to yourself when you have given up.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is at night, not in the day, that stars shine the brightest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Pain frees you from complacency.Tears free you from sorrow.Weaknesses free you from pride.Adversity frees from boredom.Challenges free you from monotony.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Broken pencils still write beautiful songs.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind is greater than your problems,your heart is greater than your troubles,your soul is greater than your temptations,and your God is greater than your obstacles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Flowers have to stretch to bloom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Flowers still have to stretch to bloom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower does not lose its beauty because it grew on concrete.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When darkness comes,stars shine.When storms come,plants flourish.When adversity comes,champions triumph.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most beautiful rainbows are sometimes formed in the ugliest storms.
Matshona Dhliwayo
He who runs from a challenge runs from an opportunity.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds pour out oil when pressed.Grapes pour out wine when squeezed.Herbs pour out medicine when pounded.Flowers pour out perfume when crushed.The gifted pour out excellence when tested.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Caged birds still sing beautiful symphonies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your back may be pushed against the wall, but your brain is not.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The loveliest flowers sometimes grow in the ugliest places.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The desert is harsh, but persevering flowers flourish.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As water downs ships but upholds leaves,and as fires burn cities but refines gold,so do life's troubles propel the meek to greatnessand the proud to ruin.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot stop the ocean's current, but you can swim.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Moving rocks today strengthens you for moving mountains tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Lovely flowers sometimes bloom in ugly places.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Women are the cowards they are because they have been semi-slaves for so long. The number of women prepared to stand up for what they really think feel experience with a man they are in love with is still very small.
Doris Lessing
Think wrongly if you please but in all cases think for yourself.
Doris Lessing
That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life but in a new way.
Doris Lessing
That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life but in a new way.
Doris Lessing
Growing up is after all only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what everyone shares.
Doris Lessing
What matters most is that we learn from living.
Doris Lessing
Laughter is by definition healthy.
Doris Lessing
There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
Doris Lessing
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.
Doris Lessing
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
Doris Lessing
This was a townscape raised in the teeth of cold winds from the east; a city of winding cobbled streets and haughty pillars; a city of dark nights and candlelight, and intellect.
Alexander McCall Smith
…one of those dreadful boarding schools. It was down on the South Coast. I think some very unpleasant things happened there…. So many lives were distorted by such cruelty. I know so many men who had to put up with that, so many….
Alexander McCall Smith
…did it make a difference if the remark never got back to the person about whom it was made? She thought not. The harm is done when the words are uttered: that is the act of belittlement, the act of diminishing the other, and it is that act which would cause pain to the victim. You said that about me? The wrong was located in the making of the cruel remark, rather than in the pain it might later cause.
Alexander McCall Smith
If you are unmotivated to succeed, no one can help you.If you are determined to succeed, no one can stop you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Keep positive.Stay focused.Stand strong.Fight on.
Matshona Dhliwayo