Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors - Page 9

Timeless wisdom brings timeless blessings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Regret poisons your thoughts.Doubt poisons your dreams.Fear poisons your hopes.Insincerity poisons your deeds.
Matshona Dhiliwayo
The poorest people sometimes have the richest minds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Grass is never green by accident.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is the weapon of the wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A river cannot boast to a sea.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Keeping your head above the water only works if the air is clean.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Water is gold in the desert.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you catch poisonous fish, throw it back into the sea.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A dog barks, but a lion strikes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.
Matshona Dhliwayo
No, there's a group of hardened, fossilised men opposed by fresh young revolutionaries as John Butte once was, forming between them a whole, a balance. And then a group of fossilised hardened men like John Butte, opposed by a group of fresh and lively-minded and critical people. But the core of deadness, of dry thought, could not exist without lively shoots of fresh life, to be turned so fast, in their turn, into dead sapless wood. In other words, I, 'Comrade Anna'- and the ironical tone of Comrade Butte's voice now frightens me when I remember it-keep Comrade Butte in existence, feed him, and in due course will become him. And as I think this, that there is no right, no wrong, simply a process, a wheel turning, I become frightened, because everything in me cries out against such a view of life, and I am back inside a nightmare which it seems I've been locked in for years, whenever I'm off guard. The nightmare takes various forms, comes in sleep, or in wakefulness, and can be pictured most simply like this: There is a blindfolded man standing with his back to a brick wall. He has been tortured nearly to death. Opposite him are six men with their rifles raised ready to shoot, commanded by a seventh, who has his hand raised. When he drops his hand, the shots will ring out, and the prisoner will fall dead. But suddenly there is something unexpected-yet not altogether unexpected, for the seventh has been listening all this while in case it happens. There is an outburst of shouting and fighting in the street outside. The six men look in query at their officer, the seventh. The officer stands waiting to see how the fighting outside will resolve itself. There is a shout: 'We have won!' At which the officer crosses the space to the wall, unties the bound man, and stands in his place. The man, hitherto bound, now binds the other. There is a moment, and this is the moment of horror in the nightmare, when they smile at each other: it is a brief, bitter, accepting smile. They are brothers in that smile. The smile holds a terrible truth that I want to evade. Because it cancels all creative emotion. The officer, the seventh, now stands blindfolded and waiting with his back to the wall. The former prisoner walks to the firing squad who are still standing with their weapons ready. He lifts his hand, then drops it. The shots ring out, and the body by the wall falls twitching. The six soldiers are shaken and sick; now they will go and drink to drown the memory of their murder. But the man who was bound, is now free, smiles as they stumble away, cursing and hating him, just as they would have cursed and hated the other, now dead. And in this man's smile at the six innocent soldiers there is a terrible understanding irony. This is the nightmare.
Doris Lessing
It is easier to lose a thosuand disciples than to win over one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
His sixth year, it seemed to him, had lasted a remarkably long time and there were points at which he frankly wondered whether he would ever turn seven. But now it was the night before his birthday, and barring some cosmic disaster, the advent of some unexpected black hole into which the earth might be sucked, with the attendant reversal or suspension of time, in very few hours he would be waking up to a world in which he was numbered among the seven-year-olds.
Alexander McCall Smith
God's grace will not take you where it cannot keep you.
Edmond Sanganyado
How wonderful it is being a sheep in the flock of God. Our shepherd is the one that created the grass that we need for pasture, He is the one that created the rivers and the waters, He is the one who holds everything in His hand and He is my Shepherd.
Edmond Sanganyado
Where God's grace takes you, grace will increase your capability and your capacity. Grace will empower you.
Edmond Sanganyado
It takes more to abstain than to err, more to avoid mistakes than to make mistakes; but the good thing is that it gets better with practice.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Happiness cannot be bought by money,cannot be acquired by degrees,cannot be realized by power,and cannot be earned by honor;but can be won by kindness,gained by charity,attained by goodness,and achieved by love.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An ounce of joy is the equivalent of a ton of happiness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Prosperity is good,happiness is better,and health is the best.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The better the wife,the happier the man.The happier the man,the happier the wife.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You can be happy even if your bones are broken,but no man is happy when his heart is heavy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Tears of joy are better than smiles of sorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A step towards love is a mile towards joy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A smile is the most affordable way of giving someone an expensive gift.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Tears of joy are lighter than smiles of sorrow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Love's key unlocks joy's door.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Happiness does not come from having much, but from being content, even when you have little.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith and optimism are cousins.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The grass is always green if God is watering it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who has great faith has great power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith is the best ingredient for miracles.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Hardship is a legitimate test of character, resilience a legitimate sign of strength and patience a legitimate mark of faith.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You can put all your eggs in one basket if God has told you to.
Matshona Dhliwayo
True faith is when you see the harvest before you plant the seed.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The greatest rewards lie in the unknown.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Unlocking your potential requires the key of faith.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The distance you walk on water depends on how great your faith is.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear makes the possible look impossible;faith makes the impossible, possible.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If God is your pilot, do not fear any turbulence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith turns mountains into pebbles. Fear turns pebbles into mountains.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who trusts God at all costs will be rewarded at all costs.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Do not become more useful than God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You cannot walk on water or move mountains without faith.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When a caterpillar looks in the mirror, he sees a butterfly.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The rewards of faith are beyond doubt.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't need faith to walk on the riverbank, you need faith to walk on water.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Perpetual optimism is good for the mind.Perpetual hope is good for the heart.Perpetual faith is good for the heart.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Great faith equals great power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Uncommon faith gives you uncommon power.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When faith touches your heart, you can walk on water.When fear pricks your soul, you can sink on land.With a great mind, you can achieve countless things.With a strong heart, you can achieve extraordinary things.With a loving soul, you can achieve impossible things.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Walking on water is better than drowning.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An ounce of faith can overcome a ton of fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo
It is difficult to soar to your destiny carrying the burden of doubt, impossible to soar to your destiny carrying the burden of fear, but conceivable to soar to your destiny carried by the wings of faith.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith is irrational, which is why those who exercise it are rewarded irrationally.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Exercise your faith and you exorcise your fears.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A great storm is like a sunny day to a person of great faith. A gentle wind is like a great storm to a person of great fear.
Matshona Dhliwayo