Quotes by Nigerian Authors - Page 4

Personal Responsibility is something that you should do because it is morally right, legally required, etc.
Sunday Adelaja
For a nation to be truly transformed, there must be movements, civil societies, NGOs that are spread all across the land to educate people on the issues of Personal Responsibility. If a nation or rather active citizens of a nation could successfully launch such campaigns and a good percentage of the populace begin to live by the principles of Personal Responsibility, which is “don’t blame others”, think of what you can do to fix it. Such a nation would cross the huddle of civilization in a record time.
Sunday Adelaja
Youths are the life blood of any nation.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
I am the unseen. For centuries I have been here, beneath this great city, this metropolis. I know your language. I know all languages. . . . My cave is broad and cool. The sun cannot send its heat down here. The damp soil is rich and fragrant. I turn softly on my back and place my eight legs to the cave ceiling. Then, I listen. I am the spider. I see sound. I feel taste. I hear touch. I spin this story. This is the story I’ve spun.
Nnedi Okorafor
The heart of man is vulnerable to negativity, but it could be easily fortified with positivity
Michael Bassey Johnson
Leadership obeys the principle of Hooke's law to the very bone. It explains:When an elastic material is stretched, it returns to its original position. But when it's over stretched beyond its limit point, it loses its elasticity and becomes plastic, and later cuts or breaks.As a leader, in your leadership disposition, it behoves of you to acquaint yourself with this very leadership principle that edges forward. It's however, a human nature to adopt to an environment, so, leaders are humans, they tend to have this rapore with their followers which is somewhat a must needed. But the ability for such one to return and recollect to knowing his boundary makes a good leader. A phenomenon whereby he becomes drunk of platitudes, then it comes to a time where they (followers) dictate for him. And even sought and suggest plans without his consent or knowing, it has gotten to the point of plastic and break respectively.
Richmond Akhigbe
If you are uncomfortable with any law or procedure, propose a motion for its amendment. Until it is amended, going against it for whatever purpose automatically makes one a rebel
OMOSOHWOFA CASEY
To Partake In The Consequence of A Law Is To Violate It
Sunday Adelaja
The commendable efforts of preachers to Europe is that each worker no matter the level, knows he is participating in the process of creation with God hence the dignity.
Sunday Adelaja
The most revolutionary aspect of the Protestant teaching however, is the fact that the Protestants began to look for ways and means to serve God better through inventions, discoveries, researches, sciences, factories, industries, etc.
Sunday Adelaja
Whoever is willing to sacrifice his life for God will always be under His protection
Sunday Adelaja
The difference between the old Testament and the new testament is that God doesn’t want sacrifices anymore
Sunday Adelaja
For Restoration Of Mankind To Be Fulfilled, A Terrible Sacrifice Was Necessary
Sunday Adelaja
We need to know that a dark night is always followed by a nice morning
Sunday Adelaja
The bed is just a decoration in a busy man's bedroom.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Employment deprives you of purpose
Sunday Adelaja
Even though your time on the job is temporary, if you do a good enough job, your work there will last forever.
Idowu Koyenikan
You need to work even if it is a menial or dirty job, because every job is participating in the process of creation.
Sunday Adelaja
Our fathers of faith have done a great job delivering our nations from the clutches of idolatry and witchcraft through signs and wonders
Sunday Adelaja
The Infinity sign goes round and round without an end, and true love bears the same pattern.
Michael Bassey Johnson
No matter how hard we try to separate, and if eventually we finally separate, we are just fooling around thinking we had parted, yet our hearts dwells where we cowardly believed we had left.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Nurture the vision God has put in you
Sunday Adelaja
There will come a day when your vision will be fulfilled
Sunday Adelaja
Trying to become something in a world where everyone wants to become something is a thing that needs God's programming.
Michael Bassey Johnson
God created you to be useful for a mighty purpose. He wants you to be the light and the salt of the world. It is in your DNA to be a champion, a winner, a conqueror and a light-bearer. You were born to rule, to soar high like the eagle and be energetic like a young lion. He has deposited you on earth to be a solution, a problem solver and a service provider.
Sesan Kareem
The basic teachings of the Protestants were all surrounding values, ethics and morals
Sunday Adelaja
People in every nation behave and respond according to the values and virtues upon which they were raised. We all are a product of our environment.
Sunday Adelaja
But just as quantity wins respect and honour for a church, it is quality that provides a church with safety and protection.
Sunday Adelaja
Money does not go only to those who go to church, it goes to those who know and comply with the laws of money
Sunday Adelaja
A clarion call to the 7000 remnants who are yet to bow their knees to Baal, to arise and come out of the wilderness to take charge of the guard that would lead their Nations and church to the promise land
Sunday Adelaja
Cooperate expression of your church life means a lot
Sunday Adelaja
The church must integrate into the environment
Sunday Adelaja
The church that emphasises on miracles are indirectly preaching that merit does not mater.
Sunday Adelaja
Everything comes at the right time, but if the right time is too late to be patient, go earlier before it becomes too late.
Michael Bassey Johnson
More so God didn’t choose to resolve the problem of the earth by sending PRAYERS but by sending his son
Sunday Adelaja
The earth therefore is not Gods jurisdiction. It is man’ jurisdiction. The earth is man’s domain. Man therefore is responsible for what transpires here.
Sunday Adelaja
The most frustrating thing about our doctrine in the modern church is that the unbelievers who have never been to church, the agnostics, those who are out rightly atheist, don’t have to fight with whether they are supposed to dominate the earth or not, they just go ahead and do it
Sunday Adelaja
The earth is not supposed to be developed and civilized by prayers alone, the earth is supposed to be civilized by hard work, labour and diligence.
Sunday Adelaja
The mandate is clear, God's nature must be reflected on the earth.
Sunday Adelaja
God has chosen to make the heavens his jurisdiction while at the same time he himself makes it very clear that the earth has been given to man as man’s sphere of influence.
Sunday Adelaja
The mandate of the church is to promote kingdom expansion throughout the earth
Sunday Adelaja
When you live in contrary to the demand of life, life doesn't work for you. Life rather works against you.
Sunday Adelaja
Live to avoid all the numerous field mines of life.
Sunday Adelaja
Live in a way that would not leave us regretting after so many years on earth.
Sunday Adelaja
For example, the citizens will live out the value of diligence in their enterprises. They will live out the value of prudence in their finances. They will live out the value of industry in the economy. They will live out the value of love in their neighbourhood. They will live out the value of dignity of labour in the market place, etc. All these will go a long way into propelling both the economy and political life of a nation to the greatest height possible.
Sunday Adelaja
To be irrelevant is to categorize your live into separate pursuit
Sunday Adelaja
To violate the law of love is to live in un-forgiveness
Sunday Adelaja
I hear preached in our charismatic churches, which basically borders on sowing and reaping, giving and receiving. I thought there must be a different format to that message
Sunday Adelaja
No nation has ever been able to transform by chance. Its always a deliberate and conscious process
Fela Durotoye
For you to exist on earth, downplay on the religious factor.
Sunday Adelaja
Any fool that had once helped you will someday make known to everyone that you were once a needy. No matter how broke you are, don't ever be quick to ask for help, let it be voluntary, and you must also learn to feign repudiation, no matter how valuable the offer.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Time is the only commodity in life that cannot be bought, sold, borrowed, given out as a gift and it cannot be inherited.
Sunday Adelaja
If you can dedicate yourself to asking questions to reveal your potential, you will discover your potentials and start to fulfil your mission
Sunday Adelaja
Discover your gift if you don’t want to live the life of an ordinary person
Sunday Adelaja
Develop your gift to ensure that your invention will be put into practice
Sunday Adelaja
Your ultimate reason for staying in this crooked world is not to imitate its devastating physique, but trying do something about its ugly appearance.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Popularity makes no sense If your fame is a shame.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Opportunity is being in God's place, at God's time, following God's instructions, to obtain God's results.
Bidemi Mark-Mordi
Opportunity does not waste time with those who are unprepared.
Idowu Koyenikan
Knowing that one thing you want is a great step. Sure, whether you prefer or not, you'll get offers, and many will seem that one thing you want.
Ufuoma Apoki