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Quotes by Nigerian Authors

"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."
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Wole Soyinka
"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."
"Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level."
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Francis Arinze
"Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level."
"One of the conditions necessary for constant success and prosperity is holiness."
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Sunday Adelaja
"One of the conditions necessary for constant success and prosperity is holiness."
"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."
"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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"You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails!"
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Amaka Imani Nkosazana
"You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails!"
"God didn't call you to be a failure. He called you to be a success."
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Sunday Adelaja
"God didn't call you to be a failure. He called you to be a success."
"When you begin to serve people, God begins to serve you."
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Sunday Adelaja
"When you begin to serve people, God begins to serve you."
"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."
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Hakeem Olajuwon
"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."
"The ministry of Christ is based on people."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The ministry of Christ is based on people."
"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."
"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."
"Light was the first thing that came into existence, first in the order of creation."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Light was the first thing that came into existence, first in the order of creation."
"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."
"Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. But I am also hopeful, because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to remake themselves for the better."
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. But I am also hopeful, because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to remake themselves for the better."
"I have graduated to the extent of not asking what is happening in my life because I trust the maker(God)."
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Patience Johnson
"I have graduated to the extent of not asking what is happening in my life because I trust the maker(God)."
"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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"Nightmares are not dreams. A good dream does not leave the dreamer in darkness, confusion and terror. Start having dreams, not nightmares!"
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Michael Bassey Johnson
"Nightmares are not dreams. A good dream does not leave the dreamer in darkness, confusion and terror. Start having dreams, not nightmares!"
"Your purpose distinguishes you from others; not your talent, IQ, race, job, hobbies, or gender, as these are held in common with many others."
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Mensah Oteh
"Your purpose distinguishes you from others; not your talent, IQ, race, job, hobbies, or gender, as these are held in common with many others."
"The singular reason for calamities, destructions, failures and devastations is seen in ignorance of Gods people."
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Sunday Adelaja
"The singular reason for calamities, destructions, failures and devastations is seen in ignorance of Gods people."
"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."
"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."
"One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking."
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Wole Soyinka
"One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking."
"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."
"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 aspiration to attain goals overcomes death."
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Sunday Adelaja
"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."
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Sunday Adelaja
"If you have a ministry, dedicate yourself to it, do everything with love and with a clean heart."
"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."
"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."
"Delayed gratification is what makes a man."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Delayed gratification is what makes a man."
"Appreciate and find ways to invest in yourself."
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Sunday Adelaja
"Appreciate and find ways to invest in yourself."
"Stress is unnecessary and unnecessary stress is very unnecessary."
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TemitOpe Ibrahim
"Stress is unnecessary and unnecessary stress is very unnecessary."
"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."
"A strong team consists of people who know how to follow a leader."
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Sunday Adelaja
"A strong team consists of people who know how to follow a leader."
"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."
"True satisfaction comes when the pursuit of purpose in the kingdom of God comes first."
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Sunday Adelaja
"True satisfaction comes when the pursuit of purpose in the kingdom of God comes first."
"Forget yesterday, Act on Today and Get a hold on tomorrow."
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Jaachynma N.E. Agu
"Forget yesterday, Act on Today and Get a hold on tomorrow."
"The level above money is savings and higher than savings is investment.invest today."
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Ikechukwu Joseph
"The level above money is savings and higher than savings is investment.invest today."
"Talent without money, coach, vision and mission is a piteous adventure."
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Michael Bassey Johnson
"Talent without money, coach, vision and mission is a piteous adventure."
"All goals are not created equal, the size of the goal matters but it isn't as important as the passion behind the goal."
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Mensah Oteh
"All goals are not created equal, the size of the goal matters but it isn't as important as the passion behind the goal."
"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."
"Many marriages would have succeeded today but many of the individuals didn't have the equipment; the knowledge to use to fix the situation. No marriage is irreparable but most most people are just too tired to fix it. This why it is important for you to get understanding.In all your getting don't get love....get understanding first. Understand what it means to be a woman. Understand what it means to be with a woman. You need to understand the complexancy in a woman and the uniqueness in a man. Understand communication skills, understand how to manage emotions and how to handle anger, you have to understand the dynamics of disagreement , you have to understand how to handle unfaithfulness; broken trust, if you do not understand all these things, you will always be stocked in life."
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Patience Johnson
"Many marriages would have succeeded today but many of the individuals didn't have the equipment; the knowledge to use to fix the situation. No marriage is irreparable but most most people are just too tired to fix it. This why it is important for you to get understanding.In all your getting don't get love....get understanding first. Understand what it means to be a woman. Understand what it means to be with a woman. You need to understand the complexancy in a woman and the uniqueness in a man. Understand communication skills, understand how to manage emotions and how to handle anger, you have to understand the dynamics of disagreement , you have to understand how to handle unfaithfulness; broken trust, if you do not understand all these things, you will always be stocked in life."
"We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you doing more than us."
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Michael Bassey Johnson
"We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you doing more than us."
"I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture."
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Wole Soyinka
"I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture."
"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."
"If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential."
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential."
"You are not a biomass, you were not born only to be like a bush or tree, just to marry, reproduce and die."
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Sunday Adelaja
"You are not a biomass, you were not born only to be like a bush or tree, just to marry, reproduce and die."
"At the root of every form of ungodliness, injustice, nepotism, selfishness, every rivalry and competitive jealousy, is the monster called greed."
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Sunday Adelaja
"At the root of every form of ungodliness, injustice, nepotism, selfishness, every rivalry and competitive jealousy, is the monster called greed."
"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."
"A masterpiece is a piece that masters things."
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TemitOpe Ibrahim
"A masterpiece is a piece that masters things."
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