Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 53

Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart.Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Only what is below you tries to pull you down.
Matshona Dhliwayo
God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.
Matshona Dhliwayo
What you conquer in your soul you conquer in your world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light on its worst day will conquer darkness on its best day.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you can’t move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star is not afraid of darkness, for its light comes from within.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The sun stands out not because it merely shines, but because it shines on everyone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Prayer is the best way to hug those who are far away.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You were not born to impress the world, but to impress the universe.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If size really mattered, a match wouldn’t be able to set a forest on fire.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light does not have to beg darkness to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As the sky is too big for two stars to clash, the world is big enough for all of us to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for darkness to reign in the presence of a star.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star is a rock that could no longer hide its beauty from the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Rainbows can’t rise without storms.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The world would have no rainbows if the sky had not storms.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A single candle has the power to light up a room, a single star has the power to light up the sky, and a single soul has the power to light up the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower must bloom inside first before revealing its beauty to the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Looking up at the stars only proves you admire them, but shining your light proves you are like them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fortify your mind, bullet proof your heart, strengthen your soul.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life’s mission to glow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Storms are rainbow’s inside out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When God wants to give you a miracle, He first gives you a problem.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear takes you low, faith takes you high, but love takes you everywhere.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars don't beg the sky to shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love will always be blind, but will never be deaf.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A seed only realizes its potential the day you bury it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The saddest day in the woods is when birds run out of happy songs to sing.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you try to extinguish the light of one who shines like the sun you will get burned.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Each time a flower blooms, the world is reminded that there is beauty in new beginnings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The moon only dares compete with the stars when the sun is in its corner.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is better to win souls than to conquer nations.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If God charged us for every tear He shed for us, the world would be bankrupt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A star is a rock that could no longer hide its light from the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A diamond's happy ending is on a crown, but its beauty was formed in dirt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One kind deed is more beautiful than a thousand good intentions.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Throwing dirt at a diamond does not diminish its value.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A heart of gold is more precious than a necklace of diamonds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A caterpillar knows it's a butterfly, even if the whole world tries to convince it that it's just a worm.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Light is all a flower longs for, even when surrounded with priceless jewels.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Tears water the eyes when they have been dry for too long.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars cannot achieve their highest potential without the dark.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A ship will never sink if God is on it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower that refuses to bloom robs the world of its beauty.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest gift you can open is your arms to someone in need.
Matshona Dhliwayo