Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 5

You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.
Matshona Dhliwayo
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
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
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
No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.
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
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
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
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