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Quotes by Nigerian Authors
"Discipline is one of the basic and primary requirements for success in life."
"We must stand so firmly for the truth so that we do not back down because every movement away from righteousness and God's truth is similar to death."
"When God calls a man He entrust something to him."
"The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong."
"Diligence, hard work, perseverance, excellence are the values that cause things to happen."
"Generational oppression begins when what is meant to be transferred to one offspring has been taken over by reason of oppression."
"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."
"Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do."
"And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it."
"Like a warrior in the battlefield, a writer must endeavour to use his pen to stamp the paper with his identity."
"Stars shine brighter in the blackness of darkness. Cheer up no matter your pains."
"Greatness can be contagious, but first there must be contact."
"Brethren, you won't believe what I discovered. I found out that in every place, people listened to the message (the shift our churches need) with full attention and total bewilderment. The question that I kept on hearing was: "why are other Christian ministers not doing the same thing?"
"The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience."
"She recognized in Kelsey the nationalism of liberal Americans who copiously criticized America but did not like you to do so; they expected you to be silent and grateful, and always reminded you of how much better than wherever you had come from America was."
"You are not better than your thought... As a man thinks so is he.."
"Sow the right words! Think the good thought."
"It is the time that delivers greatness to people."
"When you live in light, you live under God's rulership."
"Our reaction and attitude to persecution will determine if we are really ready for big things or not."
"She had come to understand that American parenting was a juggling of anxieties, and that it came with having too much food: a sated belly gave Americans time to worry that their child might have a rare disease that they had just read about, made them think they had the right to protect their child from disappointment and want and failure. A sated belly gave Americans the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one's child was the exception rather than the rule."
"Delay is not denial.There is a waiting time."
"There is no other position and no other place where you will be as happy as the place of your calling."
"God's secrets are revealed to us through the inter-communication of the spirit of man withthe Spirit of God."
"You can only derive pleasure from work when it is in the sphere of your calling."
"The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it was not. But it's a lie. I came from a country where race was not an issue, I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America."
"A lot of visions remain visions and never come to realization."
"When you first meet a person, sometimes they'll pretend to be all that you like. Deception is hard to predict instantly at times, but if you hang with them for a while their true colors will eventually begin to show."
"You rob yourself of reaching your maximum potential and the best chance of success when you try to succeed alone."
"Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it."
"God's greatest investment in our lives is our calling."
"There is no victory without battles."
"You can prophecy without going to the bible school. If you acknowledge Jesus, you receive the gift of prophecy and you can prophecy. The holy spirit is always there for you."
"Bullies do not just wake up and decide to be one. They are people who have or are experiencing emotional or verbal abuse. All you can do is not retaliate but show them love. Doing so, allows them see what they are missing and need. You can let them see the other side of life when you show love not hurt. After all, we are all products of love and we must choose to demonstrate that above all else."
"Love worth giving is love perfected on ourselves."
"You are a light born to shine. You are not who the world thinks you are. You are not what you think you are. You are as God created you. Never see yourself less than that. You are powerful than you know!"
"Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life."
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