Quotes by Nigerian Authors - Page 13

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
Sunday Adelaja
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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The only need of God is in people
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Until you believe in yourself, it does not matter how much you believe in God
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Always put your heart into and show commitment in whatever you do
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Be strategic and purposeful in whatever you do
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Everything that you have was bought by the currency of time.
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Anything anybody has was purchased with the currency of time.
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Finish the most important tasks and stop wasting time on irrelevant activities.
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Those who waste time eventually become wasted
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Losing your job releases you to think effectively and make rational decisions
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Never let a day be your control factor
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To maximize time is to make sure that every second, minute and hour counts
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Time should be assessed as seconds, minutes and hours so as to be maximized effectively
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Time wasted can never be compensated
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Channel your energy into your God-given purpose. Being out of a job gives you all the time you need to grow
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Your race against life must yield effort for you to be productive
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Don’t let your society and environment dictate what you do with your time
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We were created to purposefully live a life that glorifies God
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Once you are saved, you have to locate your own territory
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Reveal to the people and make them experience God first before you make them church members
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Do not do anything local as believers. Whatever you do should be magnified to be comprehensive
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You have to discover the needs of the people you want to minister to
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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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We glorify God when we celebrate people
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Worship of God is not restricted to believers alone
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It is only when you study and understand people that you begin to see God’s principles in them
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We get distracted through employment and rarely have time to discover our true selves
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You cannot receive God when you block people from your life
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You cannot understand God if you don’t understand people
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Don’t exert all your energy on employment, locate your purpose
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God can only relate effectively with you when you relate with people
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Always ask yourself if you are really serving God
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Having a job does not mean living
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Invest in your purpose and land of promise
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