"Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers in one body. Just imagine. It's difficult, though rewarding!"

"Every tree in the forest has a story to tell. Some of them were burnt but they endured the fire and got revived; some of them were cut, their barks injured, some people pick up their leaves to make medicines for their sicknesses, birds used their leaves to make their nests, etc. Upon all these, the tree is still tree!"

"No matter how you are taught by your teacher about how to recite a poem, it is impossible to wear your teacher's smiling face to the stage. You got to change your own face into a smiling one!"

"It's awkward to wake up one day to see the trumpet working hard to lead in the shoes of the microphone. You can only lead where you can function better!"

"Life on this planet on its own is temporal. So tell me why you think your problems are permanent. No condition is permanent."

"Know God and let Him be known. You were saved by grace for greater works apportioned for you even before you were born. Share the good news."

"No amount of blessings can benefit you if you don't take the first step."

"The fact that you lack the fruits is not a proof that you don't have seeds. It's not too late to drop your potentials into a good soil. Do it now, harvest awaits you soon!"

"What you can do, has nothing to do with your parents' last name! What you can do has nothing to do with the colour of your skin! What you can do is fully determined by God! It's simple!"

"Don't just be able, always make sure you are available. Be present to make a change."

"Some people have just rented your body to live in it for sometime and depart. Others consider you as a permanent residence to dwell in forever. Which ever, you must remember to accommodate all those who want to be accommodated. Be each other's keeper."

"The density of your destiny is the product of the mass of your visions and the volume your impacts occupy!"

"Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration."

"Your smile can heal thousands; but your anger can kill millions. Your "hand-shake" can encourage tens of people while your "finger-pointing" can turn ten thousands away from you!"

"Never be anxious about maintaining the position you occupy. Be anxious about maintaining your good character and you will never lose your leadership influence!"

"True compassion does not sit on the laps of renovation; it dives with an approach to reconstruction. Don't throw a coin at a begger. Rather, destroy his source of poverty."

"Pray without ceasing, say all you can to God and lay all your difficulties before him. He'll take away your tears and make a way where there seems to be none. Wake up and do it!"

"In His manifesto, Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit of God to us when He ascended into the Kingdom above. He fulfilled this mission. Mission accomplished! Great people make plans and promises that they yearn to fulfill. Keep your eyes on the goals you set to accomplish; let them be done as planned!"

"You put yourself in a tight corner of failure if you think "it's only the rich that get richer while the poor get poorer". No! Something good can come out from you no matter who you are, what you have done and where you have been to!"

"The shark had never begged Jonah in order to get him swallowed; Jonah's own actions took him into the shark's belly! Failure may not chase after you, but when you miss your way, you will rather go chasing failure!"

"Wake up and dare to try... Time doesn't care to fly!"

"Yea... It's impossible to lead with true virtues if you surround yourself with praise singers... people who do not cheer you up, instead of cheering up your dreams!"

"A single day in my own shoe that is comfortable for me is better than 365 days in someone else's shoes that does not fit me at all."

"If you don't create a good message about your dreams, those who were created to pay for it can't find it. Speak them out and you will find those God created to finance it."

"The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last."

"Don't lose hope. If your hope gets lost, the other side called "failure" begins to win! The quickest medicine to heal a depressed soul is to command; "arise my soul and praise the Lord". Hope is the clothe piece in which wraps a healthy soul!"

"If I am to choose between "sleeping" and "being part of a leadership that pursues irrelevant agenda", I will choose "sleeping". Chasing of irrelevant agenda by a leadership sect is what made Nelson Mandela to call it "Long Walk to Freedom!"

"Let your plans be assured from the end to the beginning. Let it be clear that the end is hopeful. Wake up."

"Yes, we know you are a graduate with PhD. But when was the last time you chase after a book shop to buy and read a book at your own volition to obtain an information for your self-development? Knowledge doesn't chase people; people chase knowledge and information."

"God's grace does not require a condition to abound. However to obtain the promises of his blessings, you have to strive for it, fight for it, work hard for it and insist upon it."

"Never be too angry beyond repairs. Anger is nothing good to be part of your tributes. Are you angry with someone? The sun is sinking, just drop it now."

"The first person you have to conquer is you. This is because when at last you win over million people, the first person to bring you down could be you. Discipline yourself!"

"Don't always complain the way isn't there. If you can't find the way, create it."

"Whatever you do well in the darkness tells more about who you are than what you do best in light. Watch out!"

"Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend."

"You have been "self-pitying" for long years now and things don't seem to improve. Just try a few days of good self-esteeming and you'll see things taking a better shape!"

"Lift your worship off the ground to a higher ground where love abounds. One thing that hinders sincerity in the worship of God among brethren is insincere love among one another!"

"Love is everything we can have because God is everything we have. God is love."

"The sweeper of the street is a leader in his own respect provided he does his job well with all love, diligence and attention than anyone would do when given the same broom sticks."

"When the grass is greener at other people's feet, it is not because the grass chose to take up that complexion. But it is because, they have deliberately irrigated it on regular accounts."

"Inflate yourself with a genuine passion always. This makes it possible for you to bounce back when you fall. The football is loaded with air and no sooner does it hit the floor than it bounces back again!"

"One major way to avoid shifting blames unto other people is to accept and agree that the efforts that turn the loads of your self- improvement have to turn on your own pivot."

"Be under the broad day light and act rightly, go into the dark night and do the same thing. Never let what you do in light and darkness mis-match. That's a good character of leadership!"

"Never turn your back to those who have faced your problems on your behalf. Never shut your mouth on those who have opened their hearts to receive you!"

"Many a time, we live life without having access to the thoughts of how the hours of yesterday were spent. This comes to play because of lack of self-analysis and does not help in any way to create the excellence we claim to pursue."

"Stop cheating to be rich. Stop stealing to be wealthy. Stop siphoning the valuables of other people to keep for yourself."

"Be inspired, raising the bar of excellence in your life every day. Act better than before; grow higher than usual; think faster than normal."

"God can allow you to pass through storms and get to your success. But what the devil loves to do is to make you not to realize it that the storm is over. He wishes to keep you in condemnation even at the time you have to feel liberated."

"Your personal brand determines the kind of leadership influence you'll provide."

"Give a smile always, not once a while. Life's great when you wake up and ignore the scaring nightmares you had. Forget the bitter bile; life's sweet beyond River Nile. File your teeth out and smile!"