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Quotes by Nigerian Authors
"The 65,536 processors were inside the Connection Machine."
"The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it."
"A leader should have the same attitude of God's love toward people."
"The whole world will stand still to give you a way to the top if you practice the rule of ten thousand hours. The world gives way to the man who knows where he is going."
"Time is not rigid. It is destructible. It melts away before you know it."
"Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions."
"Every day you leave a legacy behind, so make it a good one by doing something of significance."
"It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces."
"For a thinking man, the main thing is to understand who he is within."
"We must be true ambassadors of Christ on the earth in order to be able to put an end to the plague of ignorance in our society."
"Whenever God allows a mass blindness to cover his church, it is not out of stupidity, it is out of divine providence."
"Dream until you can no longer tell the difference between your dreams and reality."
"God rules through light."
"And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others."
"When you begin to expect miracles, Jesus feels insulted."
"A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself."
"Go and venture! You should not give up after failures because this gift does not belong only to you."
"At the root of every form of ungodliness, injustice, nepotism, selfishness, every rivalry and competitive jealousy, is the monster called greed."
"Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater."
"The aspiration to attain goals overcomes death."
"If you have a ministry, dedicate yourself to it, do everything with love and with a clean heart."
"I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare."
"Light was the first thing that came into existence, first in the order of creation."
"The Bible informs, reforms and transforms. Other books merely informs."
"Don't let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly."
"When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions."
"I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action."
"One of the conditions necessary for constant success and prosperity is holiness."
"No news is good news unless it is told."
"I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine."
"True satisfaction comes when the pursuit of purpose in the kingdom of God comes first."
"Personal Responsibility is an act of being responsible for results and consequences of your decisions, actions and in-actions in a given situation or circumstance."
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