Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 44

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.
Matshona Dhliwayo
What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
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
If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
Matshona Dhliwayo