Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 5

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
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
Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.
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
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 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
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
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
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
At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Talent is like a little seed; when nurtured, it will flourish.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you wings to fly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When bitter, say little; when angry, say nothing; when happy, say much; when joyful, say all.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The distance between two minds is understanding.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.
Matshona Dhliwayo
At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
I attended the University of Earth, and earned my P.H.D in life from the school of hardship.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Beautiful gifts sometimes come wrapped in ugly paper.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most beautiful rose still has to contend with ugly thorns.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When people smile at a rich man, they are smiling at his wallet.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love knows the way because love is the way.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you blame gravity for falling in love, even God has the right to laugh at you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A kiss is the only thing you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.
Matshona Dhliwayo