Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 38

The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must have faith in its wings in order to fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must overcome its fear of heights before it can rule the skies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The universe believes in you, but it is more important that you believe in yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird must rely on its own wings if it is to conquer the sky.
Matshona Dhliwayo
First, fear will mock you, then fear will taunt you, then fear will oppose you, and if you ignore it, only then will it flee from you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you sing to one person as if you’re singing to a million, you will soon have an audience of a million.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Throw a warrior to the wolves and he’ll return a conqueror.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your greatest obstacles usher you to your greatest rewards.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Dream up, and you will go up; dream down, and you will go down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky is only the limit if you have not set your eyes on reaching the stars.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower, no matter how beautiful, still has to grow in dirt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have a spark of genius, kindle it until it becomes a flame.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is the strongest, not the prettiest birds that conquer the sky.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Invest in your dreams, not in your fears.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Today's seeds are tomorrow’s harvests.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A short axe can still cut down tall trees.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't have to boast for work that speaks for itself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is lightning that strikes, not thunder.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Turbulence does not shake a tree with strong roots.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To realize your greatest strengths, you must first overcome your greatest weaknesses.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Darkness is an uncomfortable place, but that is where stars are made.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You must walk on water, especially if you don’t know how to swim.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A stone, no matter how small, resists the wind.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An acorn is an oak tree inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be who your enemies dread you'll become.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Luck appears when you are working towards it, not looking for it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't scale a mountain with your mouth, but with your feet.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As rain does not bother the ocean, nor heat bother the sun, so adversity does not bother the great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion never loses sleep over a sheep's sentiments.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The height of your storm determines the height of your rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Begin each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.
Roy Bennett
Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eye.
Roy Bennett
Pursue what catches your heart rather than what catches your eye.
Roy Bennett
Pursue what catches your heart rather than what catches your eyes.
Roy Bennett
Hearts everywhere bear scars of one form of hurt or the other, and it is necessary to keep this in mind when trying to understand why a person is the way he or she is.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
She had always understood that love could have an intense physical effect; could fill a space somewhere in the chest, could turn knees weak, could raise the pulse; could intoxicate, just as could a strong martini or a glass of champagne. Could, she thought, and would…but only if you allowed it, only if you opened whatever portals of the heart needed to be opened. And some people, of course, found it difficult to do that.
Alexander McCall Smith
My heart is too valuable to allow hatred and jealousy to rent a spot.
Mufti Ismail Menk
Money doesn't change you, it reveals you. Money is just an enabler, whatever a person chooses to do with it is a reflection of their character.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
The value of money is subjective, depending on age. At the age of one, one multiplies the actual sum by 145,000, making one pound seem like 145,000 pounds to a one-year-old. At seven – Bertie’s age – the multiplier is 24, so that five pounds seems like 120 pounds. At the age of twenty four, five pounds is five pounds; at forty five it is divided by 5, so that it seems like one pound and one pound seems like twenty pence. (All figures courtesy of Scottish Government Advice Leaflet: Handling your Money.)
Alexander McCall Smith
She watched him take the trumpet from its case and fit the mouthpiece. She watched as he raised it to his lips and then, so suddenly, from that tiny cup of metal against his flesh, the sound would burst out like a glorious, brilliant knife dividing the air. And the little room would reverberate and the flies, jolted out of their torpor, would buzz round and round as if riding the swirling notes.
Alexander McCall Smith