Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 13

Staring at the mountain requires nothing.Climbing the mountain requires strength.Reaching the mountaintop requires perseverance.Staying at the mountaintop requires wisdom.Reaching for the stars requires everything.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Doing what others have done is skill.Dong what few have done is talent.Doing what none have done is genius.Going where others have gone is competence.Going where few have gone is excellence.Going where none have gone is transcendence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you use your mind to its highest potential,people will respect you.When you use your heart to its highest potential,people will praise you.When you use your soul to its highest potential,people will honor you.When you use your life to its highest potential,people will immortalize you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greater the wisdom,the greater the mind.The greater the courage,the greater the heart.The greater the love,the greater the soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Harness your mind’s powerand you can reach the mountaintop.Harness your heart’s powerand you can reach the stars.Harness your soul’s powerand you can reach the edge of the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest mountain is still made of grains of sand.
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With the faith of a child and the wisdom of an old man one can achieve great things.
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Great fish do not swim in small rivers.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The great, like plants, do not curse storms for they are nourished by them.
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Great souls carry great burdens.
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When an eagle spreads its wings to fly, even the swan is envious.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Inspire greatness in others and it will be easier to inspire greatness in yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As stars cannot help but sparkle, the great cannot help but shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The great are like a rubber ball; the harder they hit the ground, the higher they rise.
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The great, like stars, are not afraid of dark times for that is when they shine the brightest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your greatest acts result from your greatest love.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The great take steps to success, the extraordinary take leaps to success, and the remarkable take flight to success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A tuna can only boast in a pond, but a whale can boast even in the ocean.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Roses bloom whether you praise them or not.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If greatness was easy to attain, everyone’s name would be in history books.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Society in its boundless ignorance ridicules the caterpillar but praises the butterfly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your strength is your ticket to persistence.Your mind is your ticket to brilliance.Your heart is your ticket to excellence.Your soul is your ticket to transcendence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
From rocks come gold.From coal comes diamonds.From oysters come pearls.From caterpillars come butterflies.From adversity come the great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great men learn from their weaknesses,and learn to use their strengths.Ordinary men learn nothing from their weaknesses,and underuse their strengths.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In order to soar like an eagle one has to be bold like a lion.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness in your body is strength.Greatness in your mind is wisdom.Greatness in your heart is faith.Greatness in your soul is love.Greatness in your life is God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Think how the great think,do what the great do,live how the great live,and you will achieve what the great achieve.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star will shine in the midst of darkness.A flower will bloom in the midst of dirt.A camel will flourish in the midst of doubt.A diamond will form in the midst of pressure.A champion will rise in the midst of hardship.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A man's rivals tell you how great he is.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Throw a champion into the ocean, and he’ll swim.Throw a champion into the pit, and he’ll climb.Throw him off a cliff, and he’ll grow wings.Throw him into a furnace, and he’ll become gold.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The student asked the master,“Teacher, what should I do to become great?”the master replied:Succeed where others have failed.
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When you look at extraordinary people look for scars.
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Anyone can look up at a mountain, but not everyone can look down from it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The journey to greatness is a marathon, not a hundred meter dash.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The strong overcome several trials.The determined overcome numerous trials.The resilient overcome many trials.The extraordinary overcome countless trials.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The strength to move forward when others stop, to keep going when others turn back, is the key to unlocking your greatest potential.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Few great things are achieved effortlessly.
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To go where no man has gone before, follow the steps of Jesus.
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Wolves travel in packs, not in herds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Greatness awaits those who can rise from their greatest failures.
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He who strives for excellence strives for greatness.
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Those who envy you inadvertently admit to being inferior to you.
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Be your own hero.
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Ordinary people are products of their environment. Extraordinary people make their environments products of them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The mind can perceive the impossible.The heart can endure the impossible.The soul can experience the impossible.The hands can do the impossible.The tongue can express the impossible.The eyes can discern the impossible.The ears can understand the impossible.
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Step by step a mountain is conquered.
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Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences.
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Don't think about sharks when you are walking on water.
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More love, more power.Less love, less power.Great love, great power.
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If you follow the herd, people may mistake you for a cow.
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Do not underrate yourself trying to be somebody else.
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Raise your thoughts, not your fists.
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You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down.
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A lion's strength does not lie in its roar.
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Stars do not shine on their friends alone.
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Breaking from the herd is better than getting lost in it.
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You worry less about misplacing a star when the whole sky is yours.
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A candle is at its brightest in the dark.
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Works from the soul transcend works from the mind.
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