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Quotes by Nigerian Authors

"Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger."
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Ben Okri
"Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger."
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"Temptation is a strong weapon that Satan uses against the children of God."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Temptation is a strong weapon that Satan uses against the children of God."
"When your life is out of balance your cheque bounces."
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Ikechukwu Joseph
"When your life is out of balance your cheque bounces."
"Greatness can only be attained through time conversion."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Greatness can only be attained through time conversion."
"When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him."
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Amaka Imani Nkosazana
"When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him."
"I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me."
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Hugo Weaving
"I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me."
"Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates and looking for a way to enslave themselves again under a boss in the name of looking for a job."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates and looking for a way to enslave themselves again under a boss in the name of looking for a job."
"Every evil we see in our society today can be traced back to ignorance."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Every evil we see in our society today can be traced back to ignorance."
"Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up. All you need is to be sure that GOD's hand is in it."
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TemitOpe Ibrahim
"Don't worry about not doing "it" perfectly right now. It's ok, just keep at it, you will soon settle in it and then you'll be glad you didn't give up. All you need is to be sure that GOD's hand is in it."
"The more you care for others, while denying yourself, the more pleasure life supplies you."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The more you care for others, while denying yourself, the more pleasure life supplies you."
"They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit."
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Chinua Achebe
"They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit."
"Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done."
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Wole Soyinka
"Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done."
"The challenges you are passing through today, are only preparing you for your success tomorrow."
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Abdulazeez Henry Musa
"The challenges you are passing through today, are only preparing you for your success tomorrow."
"Our goals and objectives are supposed to be well planned out in our minds."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Our goals and objectives are supposed to be well planned out in our minds."
"God always has fresh ideas."
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Sunday Adelaja
"God always has fresh ideas."
"Stress is unnecessary and unnecessary stress is very unnecessary."
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TemitOpe Ibrahim
"Stress is unnecessary and unnecessary stress is very unnecessary."
"The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist."
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Wole Soyinka
"The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist."
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"The precision of the creator's natural laws makes existence of earth meaningful."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The precision of the creator's natural laws makes existence of earth meaningful."
"You don't live until you begin to live for keeping."
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Sunday Adelaja
"You don't live until you begin to live for keeping."
"The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail."
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Wole Soyinka
"The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail."
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"The treasures in you must never be threatened by the gifts in others."
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TemitOpe Ibrahim
"The treasures in you must never be threatened by the gifts in others."
"No victory without war. No prize without price. No winning without contest."
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Ikechukwu Joseph
"No victory without war. No prize without price. No winning without contest."
"Those in your inner circle can significantly influence your success and the progress you make towards achieving your dreams."
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Mensah Oteh
"Those in your inner circle can significantly influence your success and the progress you make towards achieving your dreams."
"Only people who have solid faith overcome the world."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Only people who have solid faith overcome the world."
"God cares about even the least part of us."
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Sunday Adelaja
"God cares about even the least part of us."
"Every gift, talent and every calling that you have from God has been given to you because somebody needs it."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Every gift, talent and every calling that you have from God has been given to you because somebody needs it."
"The ministry of Christ is based on people."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The ministry of Christ is based on people."
"Your time keeps flying away into vanity while you dine with your distractions."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Your time keeps flying away into vanity while you dine with your distractions."
"Your words are powerful so what you say goes a long way to either establish or destroy you; this is why you should say things that God has said concerning you, not things that situations or circumstances say."
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
"Your words are powerful so what you say goes a long way to either establish or destroy you; this is why you should say things that God has said concerning you, not things that situations or circumstances say."
"I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality."
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Hugo Weaving
"I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality."
"We do not have any other time other than today."
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Sunday Adelaja
"We do not have any other time other than today."
"In a world where things are moving so fast, don't get lost in the midst of it all. Figure out what's more important to you and proceed with confidence. I know it gets a bit hectic at times and almost seems impossible. But, you can get there, even if you must pause along the way. Just don't come to a complete stop."
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Amaka Imani Nkosazana
"In a world where things are moving so fast, don't get lost in the midst of it all. Figure out what's more important to you and proceed with confidence. I know it gets a bit hectic at times and almost seems impossible. But, you can get there, even if you must pause along the way. Just don't come to a complete stop."
"You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear you will reach your destination."
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
"You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear you will reach your destination."
"The Scars come before the Stars."
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Ikechukwu Joseph
"The Scars come before the Stars."
"Never make decisions you will live to regret later in the near future."
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Abdulazeez Henry Musa
"Never make decisions you will live to regret later in the near future."
"Appreciate and find ways to invest in yourself."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Appreciate and find ways to invest in yourself."
"What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is the escapist mentality becomes prevalent, giving birth to the syndrome of economic refugees."
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Sunday Adelaja
"What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is the escapist mentality becomes prevalent, giving birth to the syndrome of economic refugees."
"It is God's desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul."
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Sunday Adelaja
"It is God's desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul."
"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."
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Patience Johnson
"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."
"Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected."
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Philip Emeagwali
"Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected."
"The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed."
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Peter Akinola
"The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed."
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"Only through the conversion of time can territories be conquered."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Only through the conversion of time can territories be conquered."
"When insulted by injustice, face it, stand up against it and demand your right and justice."
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Sunday Adelaja
"When insulted by injustice, face it, stand up against it and demand your right and justice."
"Don't pretend to be what you're not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is not pretence, it is a journey to self realization."
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Michael Bassey Johnson
"Don't pretend to be what you're not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is not pretence, it is a journey to self realization."
"Some of us read the Bible to quote God's words back to Him so as to get Him to make us live a discomfort free life. The reason is not far-fetched - God is not interested in your comfort. He is more interested in your purpose."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Some of us read the Bible to quote God's words back to Him so as to get Him to make us live a discomfort free life. The reason is not far-fetched - God is not interested in your comfort. He is more interested in your purpose."
"To be prosperous you must discover your gifting's, potentials and talents."
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Sunday Adelaja
"To be prosperous you must discover your gifting's, potentials and talents."
"I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper."
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Wole Soyinka
"I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper."
"Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law."
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Olusegun Obasanjo
"Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law."
"It's amazing how people can find all the mistakes in the world concerning another person, but look into the mirror every day without making changes within. Stop looking down your nose at others, What does that achieve? We all can make room for improvements. Most of the time it starts with a little attitude adjustment."
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Amaka Imani Nkosazana
"It's amazing how people can find all the mistakes in the world concerning another person, but look into the mirror every day without making changes within. Stop looking down your nose at others, What does that achieve? We all can make room for improvements. Most of the time it starts with a little attitude adjustment."
"The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places."
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Francis Arinze
"The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places."
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