Quotes By Author: Saidi Mdala
“It is not natural for human beings to NOT grow to the next stage of life when they should.”
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“Wherever is a place not yet established on planet Earth. Do not plan to take your ‘what’ there!”
“Take care not to stray into the negative swamp of “what ifs?” These will bog you and your goals down. The only “what-if” you can ask yourself is this one: “What if I succeed?”
“Holdups serve to help you learn more about what you are trying to achieve, push your boundaries and score a lot of small victories when you overcome all these unexpected hurdles.”
“It is not the ultimate achievement that makes you extraordinary; it is what you become on the way to that achievement that people celebrate. This is what fills 295 pages of your 300 page (auto)biography!”
“It does not matter how much you want something and how much skill, money or capacity you have to get it – if it does not exist, you will not get it or have it. Thank God, everything and anything you want in this world can be created.”
“The world of success favours only the seekers, not the needers and not even the deservers.”
“Self-discipline is a continuous war against your whims.”
“Once a child is born, its main business is to grow – to learn all there is to learn and grow. It can only grow! Trees grow, vegetables grow, animals grow, and you must also grow.”
“Spiritual intelligence is like a vaccination against greed, arrogance and tyranny.”
“First you must want it. You must want it so much, it hurts. You must want it so much that it hurts and causes you sleepless nights. And when you ever get to sleep, it brings you nightmares. This kind of wanting is called passion. It is an intense desire that burns so much you can hardly stand yourself.”
“You do not get a better education, better results, better food, better allowances and – later in life – better salary, better working conditions or better life by demanding them from someone else.”
“You become ill or attract illness or dis-ease into your life because you refuse to let your brain grow.”
“The brain grows when used to think, to read and to create possibilities.”
“If you want to be important, be the best you can. If you want a legacy, build it. If you want peace of mind, find it. If you cannot make it now, keep trying until you make it, and if you have not yet found what you want, keep searching.”