Quotes by Nigerian Authors - Page 12

A person with a victim complex loses on constant complaints and objections
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Job and salary is the greatest slavery you can ever set upon yourself
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Time is a concrete product
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Dedicate your life to delivering people and teaching them the ways of Christ
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A mapping of discovery should be carried out
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To fully carry out your purpose as believers, you have to discover where the people you want to minister to are
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Your life as a Christian must be that which glorifies God
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Spreading the Word of Christ and the Kingdom should be our goal as believers
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Be flexible and adapt easily to new things
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Perfect study is the key to being effective in the land of your calling
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Locate the problems in people’s lives with the intention of finding a solution
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Your calling should be a pointer for your skill development
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Expand and extend yourself to effectively fulfill purpose
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Don’t just save yourself alone, also bring salvation the people around you
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Locate your own territory and help others achieve theirs
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To be fruitful and productive is to invest in time
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Never get discouraged because you got fired
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Employment will fail you someday
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Be optimistic and don’t ever get discouraged or give up no matter how vain it may seem initially
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A value added life is a fruitful life
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You have to be strategic in your action
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You can be the solution to the problems of the people
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Joblessness releases you from the world system
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Employment is world slavery
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Use your work as a platform to bring the principles of God to the people
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Don’t be satisfied with a particular sphere of influence only
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Influence is not about what you can do but how you use it to change the lives of others
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Our sphere of influence should reflect righteousness
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Always take responsibility for the social life of the people
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You should always make an impact in the area of your calling
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Take responsibility for the disenfranchised people
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You can’t make a difference if you are not trained in the principles of God
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If you don’t take care of the disenfranchised and outcasts of your city, they will come knocking on your door one day with revenge and bitterness
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When you invest your life, you reproduce your life.
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God is a God of purpose. He doesn't wake-up and start dabbling into things; He doesn't practice trial and error. His ways are sure, they may be low but they are always sure.
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Principles can actually grow and overwhelm the things you are afraid of.
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To be filled with fear is to open to the wrong way
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Do not be afraid of living without family- be afraid of living an empty and meaningless life
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Fear of failure is expressed in negative goal-setting, indecisiveness, and fear of adverse consequences
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Don’t be too scared to calculate risks
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It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and flying out of the corrosive fire. The coward is a trickster serpent, which vanishes in your time of despair, and appears in time of equanimity.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Lucy happily settled down to work. First she sent for papyrus and handmade a book leaf by leaf, binding the leaves together between board covers. Then she filled each page from memory, drew English roses budding and Chinese roses in full bloom, peppercorn-pink Bourbon roses climbing walls and silvery musk roses drowsing in flowerbeds. She took every rose she'd ever seen, made them as lifelike as she could (where she shaded each petal the rough paper turned silken), and in these lasting forms she offered them to Safiye.
Helen Oyeyemi
Losing your job releases you to think effectively and make rational decisions
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To maximize time is to make sure that every second, minute and hour counts
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Time spent effectively can be compensated
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What you do with your time on a daily basis determines what values will be added to your life
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The product you produced is the evidence of the value in your life
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Once you are saved, you have to locate your own territory
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Do not do anything local as believers. Whatever you do should be magnified to be comprehensive
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A life without concrete product is a meaningless one
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Your life would never have a meaning if you don’t have a goal or purpose
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The best way to worship God is to honor His people
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There is no worship for God without the honor of fellow man
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The worship of God should be done without expecting anything in return
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Our service as believers is in our help and attitude towards others
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Employment is a vicious cycle
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God uses His people as instruments for breakthrough
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You only get fulfillment when you work in your land of promise
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Our attitude to others dictates God’s attitude to us
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Appreciate others so that you can be appreciated
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