Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors

How often have I noticed or, indeed, listened to him? We talk, but do I actually listen, or is our conversation mainly a question of my waiting for him to stop and for it to be my turn to say something? For how many of us is that what conversation means - the setting up of our lines?
Alexander McCall Smith
Consistency in leadership means everyone knows what to expect from you or in dealing with you. It is the quality that draws respect and value towards a leadership brand. This also means you have the discipline to stick to your principles and values regardless of challenges or consequences, and you prove this over a long period of time.
Archibald Marwizi
Leadership is a privilege to serve and make a difference. Take care of what belongs to another as if it were your own. Be accountable to others or to another because you realize you are not a master. Be considerate of those you serve because they, not you, perceive the difference you are or you are not making, in their lives.
Archibald Marwizi
One key habit I adopted is washing or sanitizing of hands every time, especially after using the toilet, before eating or handling food and whenever I go to visit someone in hospital and after leaving the hospital. Also use proper protective clothing in other circumstances like assisting ailing relatives and friends with communicable diseases.
Archibald Marwizi
Eat right. It’s not just about too much or too little food. Eating right means knowing the right selection of foods with the right nutrient content and in the right quantities, taken at the right frequencies to maintain a healthy body and mind.
Archibald Marwizi
Your belief system should be positive and empowering enough to influence a strong mental state and a positive attitude that will rise up to defeat any suggestion that you are destined to fail.
Archibald Marwizi
Don't wound someone's eye trying to remove the twig from it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A rainbow is a storm's masterpiece.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Falling in love is better than standing in hate.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
If our eyes could see everything, every man would see his own faults.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To make mistakes is to live, because no one is born knowing everything.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Love's light conquers hate's darkness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Keep negative people in your prayers, not in your life.
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
Plan from your internal or spiritual view of things. The external view always has a way of distorting, discouraging and limiting your dream.
Archibald Marwizi
You must learn to accept that humans make mistakes, but when the same issue is repeated over and over without corrective strategies to plug the holes, then you must expect negative impact on your definition of success. It is normal to make a mistake, but learn, face the consequences, get back up and march on. If you want to be different or stand out as a brand, then your actions, habits, behaviours and decisions must reflect that 'you care about what people think or say about you.
Archibald Marwizi
The key questions and challenges that we must all continue to pose and remind this key sector (the media) should be, 'Do you realize the power you have, to build and to destroy; to promote success or failure; to bring life or death to a cause or talent; to give a platform or take it away?
Archibald Marwizi
Some people choose to lead, others to follow. Success is not primarily a matter of circumstances or native talent or even intelligence — it is a choice. Your beliefs, passion, values, enthusiasm, relationships, interpersonal skills and how they are blended, will move you further ahead towards success.
Archibald Marwizi
You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An eagle does not crawl because it was born to fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Present tears water the gardens of future blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Confident sheep overcome insecure wolves.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The opinion of success matters more than the opinions of your critics.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Excellence is the key that opens successes' door.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you are at your lowest God is getting ready to take you to your highest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The dark skies of despair are no match for the bright skies of hope.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird does not achieve its highest potential inside its shell.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Believe in yourself, not in your critics.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Extraordinary storms turn average seamen into extraordinary sailors.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars are born out of dark moments.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Storms pass by on their way to get all the colors needed to paint your rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If God wanted the sky to be empty, He would not have given birds wings to fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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Stellah Mupanduki
Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love has two rules: the first one is love, and the second one is love some more.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom knows the way. Understanding sees the way. Passion feels the way. Love goes all the way.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.
Matshona Dhliwayo