Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 12

Out in Saxe-Coburg Street she stood still for a moment and looked at the gardens. He kissed me, she thought. He made the move; I didn't. The thought was an overwhelming one and invested the everyday world about her, the world of the square, of trees, of people walking by, with a curious glow, a chiaroscuro which made everything precious. It was the feeling, she imagined, that one had when one vouchsafed a vision. Everything is changed, becomes more blessed, making the humblest of surroundings a holy place.
Alexander McCall Smith
You look at me and judge me. And I just want to ask, for what? I am in full control. No one has a gun to my head. Why can't this be my profession,one I have chosen for myself? I tell you prostitutes are professional in their skills and practise it like the vocation of true apostles- and why shouldn't they? What's so different from the accountant or the doctor selling his time? I ended up in this profession in the same way someone might end up being a lawyer because the couldn't get into engineering or dentistry,or because they couldn't get into medicine, or even a banker who grew up telling everyone they want to be a soccer player. They do those things because that was what was available for heir talents and their circumstances at that time. But do we pity them? No, because that's lif-
Panashe Chigumadzi
When times get tough and your path gets rough, just hold on. You'll get there soon enough.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you smile for no reason.
NoViolet Bulawayo
What I wanted was to get away. But the moon was too far beyond, and there were white bits under me, where the flesh was shredded off and the bone gleamed that famed ivory, and those below cowered and, if they were not quick enough, were spattered in blood. Then came the jolt, as of a fall, and I saw the leg was caught in an ungainly way in the smaller branches of a mutamba tree, the foot hooked, long like that infamous fruit.
Tsitsi Dangarembga
...they are dazzled by all the money that they are being offered. That is what money does, Mma Ramotswe—you must have seen that. Sometime we need to look the other way when people put money in front of our noses. We have to look at the other things we can see so the money doesn't hide them.
Alexander McCall Smith
Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not the fault of the stars that they shine brightly, but the fault of our eyes that they cannot handle light.
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
What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—nothing more.
Alexander McCall Smith
This is because the nature of this place is a strong emotion - "nostalgia" is their word for it - which means a longing for what has never been, or at least not in the form and shape imagined.
Doris Lessing
this place doesn't look like my America
NoViolet Bulawayo
Those who build are greater than those who tear down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great things sometimes have small beginnings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A wounded lion is still more fierce than healthy sheep.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness lies on the other side of fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot aspire for greatness and fit in at the same time.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest you is found in the kindest you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The first step to accomplishing the impossible is to achieve it in your mind.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The secret to greatness:do what has been overlooked by the great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest among you are those with the greatest love.The richest among you are those with the most joy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Raging winds and clashing seasshould not keep you from victory.Stormy winds and raging seasgive birth to great destinies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are only greater than what you overcome.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The great compete not only against others, but against themselves.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Think like the great,speak like the great,act like the great,and you will become like the great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your greatest actions are those that meet another’s greatest need.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Failure is the school of greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Character is greatness inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Originality is the death of mediocrity.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The biggest melon started off a small seed.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great deeds begin in the mind,extraordinary deeds begin in the heart,and remarkable deeds begin in the soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great minds birth great ideas.Extraordinary minds birth extraordinary ideas.Transcendent minds birth transcendent ideas.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness tests stars,but they shine.Storms test trees,but they stand.Adversity tests the great,but they soar.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Do the possible, and let God do the impossible.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Ordinary people think you are crazy when you attempt the impossible, deride you when you are halfway to achieving it, and envy you when you achieve it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
God in you is the greatness in you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Become so good they can't ingore you,and you are on the path to success.Become so good they can't stand you,and you are on the path to greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are tired of walking to your destiny, sprint.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To enter the door of greatness you need the key of faith.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never expect wolves to behave like sheep.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Profiting from opportunities is success. Profiting from adversity is greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The great are inspired. The extraordinary inspire.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you reach the mountaintop look upand think of how high you must leap to reach the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star does not cease to be a star because it is surrounded by darkness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great wildernesses lead you to great Promised Lands.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater your destiny the greater your troubles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't have to reach for greatness if it is already in you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is the first and last obstacle on your path to greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness is not measured by what you have, but by what you give.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Utilizing all of your mind is a step towards brilliance.Utilizing all of your heart is a step towards excellence.Utilizing all of your soul is a step towards nobleness.Utilizing all of your mind, heart, and soul is a step towards greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you achieve excellence,expect some to oppose you.When you achieve brilliance,expect several to resent you.When you achieve greatness,expect many to envy you.When you achieve transcendence,expect plenty to hate you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Strength comes from ignoring your critics.Power comes from mastering your fears.Fortitude comes from wrestling your opponents.Superiority comes from overcoming your losses.Greatness comes from conquering your weaknesses.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The caterpillar they despise today is the butterfly they praise tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Utilizing all of your mind is a step towards brilliance. Utilizing all of your heart is a step towards excellence.Utilizing all of your soul is a step towards nobleness. Utilizing all of your mind, heart, and soul is a step towards greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest generals were once soldiers.The greatest priests were once laymen.The greatest teachers were once students.The greatest artists were once amateurs.The greatest masters were once apprentices.The greatest prophets were once disciples.The greatest champions were once underdogs.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The road to failure is wide.The road to mediocrity is smooth.The road to success is bumpy.The road to genius is narrow.The road to greatness is steep.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great minds rise above problems.Great hearts rise above pain.Great souls rise above temptations.Great individuals rise above themselves and the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The shrewd hunt foxes,the strong hunt lions,but the mighty hunt elephants.
Matshona Dhliwayo