Michael Bassey Johnson is a Nigerian philosopher and author whose powerful words have inspired a global audience to seek their true calling. His writings, rich with wisdom and clarity, assert that every person arrives on earth with a unique purpose and destiny. Johnson's work focuses on the journey of self-discovery and the unwavering commitment required to bring one's deepest potential to life. He champions the idea that true success is found in aligning with one's authentic self, making his philosophy a beacon for anyone determined to live a meaningful and impactful life.
"When someone puts an end to something, it doesn't mean that he gave up, it means that thing is not taking him anywhere."
"If you keep on saying a single thing to yourself, you are likely to attract it to yourself, dreaming it always, then in a twinkle of an eye, it comes to you."
"Don't become a random photograph in the eyes of friends, and even your enemies, for each glance at your face will cause a declination of value and reputation. Create value, through scarcity."
"Ideas are not in textbooks and journals, Ideas are more deeper than the shallow written works of men. You are the idea that comes like an idea."
"It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front."
"Intelligence is a necessity, but when one is without a supernatural sense, intelligence becomes senseless."
"It is easy to identify a shallow person by the attention he gives to what will do him absolutely no good."
"Having a relationship with people of questionable character is like playing with a razor blade on your skin, and pretending to observe that it is harmful to your body."
"Don't be a zombie for anyone, if your oppressor likes zombies, cinemas are not located in mars."
"Every idea is in the soul of its owner. No other power can shift it to another soul, that is why we have the telephone, aircraft, etc, each having its unique inventor."
"Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance."
"When you commit a crime to upgrade yourself, your sin becomes a blessing, but your blessing kills you before your time."
"Its crazy when people of high moral standards, feel its okay for an intimate friend to insult them in a jovial way, forgeting that even casual friends can do just the same in a jovial way."
"I opened my louvres and looked at Comfort, walking in the heavy rain, crying bitterly. I heard mom saying, Anywhere you want to go, you can, but don't come back again to this house. Comfort was beautiful, but her stealing attributes brought reproach on her and painted her beauty with dark impressions. I looked at her, walking barefooted on the muddy ground congested with rain water."
"Be so free that nothing more than your future can distract your attention."
"Confidence cannot escalate to arrogance, it only happens if the blood of pride is running through your veins."
"When you are in the company of lunatics, behave like a lunatic. When you are in the company of intelligentsias, speak with brilliance...that is how a chameleon behaves, the territory changes it, and it adapts to the changes."
"Young girls are like helpless children in the hands of amorous men, whatever is said to them is true and whatever manipulation on their bodies seems like love to them, sooner or later, they come back to their senses, but the scars are not dead inasmuch as her spoiler lives."
"If I don't see the reason of someone being my friend, chances are, we are just floating and I need a ship to set sail."
"Anger is like sex urge, once gratified, the inner voice calls you a stinking fool."
"When you favour a woman, she will want to return the favour in so many means, but its better to rupidiate such offerings."
"You'll make bundle of blunders if you consider yourself too clever to look at anothers work."
"Sticking to one person for a lifetime is not a waste of time or lack of better ones, it means you've found your place of eternity."
"The future is as blank as a plane sheet if you don't have an eagle's eye, that's why you should climb to a vantage point to get a good perspective view at your future."
"There is no need returning anger to those who made your past horrible, do not think of making them feel bitter, maybe a help from you can just make them ashame and miserable, and can probably change their attitude."
"No matter how hard we try to separate, and if eventually we finally separate, we are just fooling around thinking we had parted, yet our hearts dwells where we cowardly believed we had left."
"The best thing that ever happened to you might be your new job, spouse, awards, etc, but I tell you that being granted to live in order to enjoy these things are wonderful privileges most people can't get."
"When i was a child, i liked tasting any candy i happened to see, but as i grew older, i realized those are a great meal to the worms in my innards. Will you shun old habits or nay? That's the question."
"Without haters, you can't see the level of your progress, that shows you that haters are necessary evil."
"A beautiful woman should always have at the back of her mind that her ravishing appearance is only an ephemeral quality. When she wakes up in the morning, looks into the mirror, and notices that something is fading away, she knows that the time is ripe for marriage. She should be careful of who she takes into her life because the union is gonna be everlasting."
"There's nothing worthless about being wordless, it will only save your mouth from talking gibberish."
"Your ultimate reason for staying in this crooked world is not to imitate its devastating physique, but trying do something about its ugly appearance."
"Don't wait for people to dress your bed for you, do it yourself and you'll be glad to sleep and feel relaxed."
"The only known technique to an imitator is to steal and rephrase, then with a mischievous smile, he said, "i did it", without any confidence and prove."
"To be unique calls for being unique in such a way that your uniqueness doesn't make others appear inferior, and a uniqueness that doesn't crave for anything apart from your own thing."