Quotes by Nigerian Authors - Page 85

I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't see them for a long time, you don't have to wonder what they do, how they're getting along with themselves. You just know that they're all right, and probably doing something they like.
Helen Oyeyemi
I’m never sad when a friend goes far away, because whichever city or country that friend goes to, they turn the place friendly. They turn a suspicious-looking name on the map into a place where a welcome can be found. Maybe the friend will talk about you sometimes, to other friends that live around him, and then that’s almost as good as being there yourself. You’re in several places at once! In fact, my daughter, I would even go so far as to say that the further away your friends, and the more spread out they are the better your chances of going safely through the world…
Helen Oyeyemi
Don't let your focus be so much on how many times you go on a date but how you can build into one another, share and carry each other's vision, complement each other, develop a deeper level of friendship; grow spiritually together and make the little things meaningful. It's beyond the 100% but more about how committed and dedicated you are daily. Love can only truly exist, when you become selfless and focus less on what is in it for you.
Kemi Sogunle
Be like Jesus. Live love, speak love, think love…..do all things in love.
Omoakhuana Anthonia
There is something about understanding. Understanding with knowledge is a burden.You see, Man is always inclined to be intolerant towards the thing, or person, he hasn't taken the time adequately to understand...but once we get closer to people or have experiences of certain situations, we become tolerant of themThe way you react to a stranger over a particular thing might be different from the way you react to a friend, this is because as a friend, you know and understand much about him and could tell one or two reasons he had done what he did but for the stranger, you have no reason why he did whatever he did and would just react.It's normal though but with time, as we get closer, misunderstanding arises; from the misunderstanding, we get to know our individual limits and thus understanding springs.This is one of the reasons I always say we get to know someone better when we get closer to him or her. Once you understand someone, and if you like the person so much, I tell you, with your understanding, you can tolerate whatever the person does.With wisdom and knowledge, it is expected we seek first to understand than to be understood. Understanding brings about control and self disciplineWith understanding, you can tolerate whatever a person (especially someone you love) does cos we would love to put ourselves in their shoes and give excuses on their behalf.
OMOSOHWOFA CASEY
When we truly love someone, we would respect the person. No matter the wrongs done by the person, we would always try to see reasons why the wrongs were done, we would always try to understand the explained and unexplained reasons behind the person's wrong actions.We wouldn't mind justifying the wrongs simply cos the love has brought upon us a great understanding which has made us tolerant of many things about the person loved.With love, comes respect; with respect comes fair hearing; with fair hearing, comes understanding.There is no love without respect, tolerance or understanding
OMOSOHWOFA CASEY
Forgiveness brings us closer to those who have hurt us and helps them to experience the forgiveness and love of Jesus through us who forgives them.
Omoakhuana Anthonia
Happiness is ours for the taking and take it we must without any apologies. We deserve to be happy, loved, and respected......nothing less.
Omoakhuana Anthonia
We'd rather have a grand spectacle of retribution of the 'wicked', than their silent walk towards redemption that our wishes questions the depth and nature of our love and hearts.
Ufuoma Apoki
It is hard to love yourself if you never spend time with yourself. 'Alone Time' is Necessary
Izey Victoria Odiase
Heartache wasn't my intention... love was.
Alfa H
Don’t try to make anyone like you. Work on you and the right people will be drawn to you. Mind games consume energy that could have been used on something more productive and fulfilling.
Izey Victoria Odiase
If they don't like you for who you are, it means they're not meant to be in your life.
Izey Victoria Odiase
So love is like a test,but in what sense?To what end?Who was carrying out the test?But I think I did believe that Love had immense power to unearth all that was good in us,refine us and reveal to us the better versions of ourselves.
Ayobami Adebayo
Your future, hopes and dreams should never be tied down to anybody! The strength lies inside of you to decide at any moment your direction.
Chinonye J. Chidolue
Every human life bears a significant importance to the existence of humanity
Chinonye J. Chidolue
We avoid risks in life only to die, and end up facing the greatest risk which is having lived life risking nothing at all.
Chinonye J. Chidolue
The full length of a frog doesn't have to be seen when it's dead. It has to be seen when it jumps. Aim for greater heights always.
Constance Chuks Friday
Pat yourself on the back when you win.And when you don't, just keep moving!So long as you don't stop moving,Soon you may realize just how close you are to winning!
Chinonye J. Chidolue
If you wait for the mango fruits to fall, you'd be wasting your time while others are learning how to climb the tree
Michael Bassey Johnson
Don’t complain about difficult situations. They contain in them the motivation to succeed.
Chinonye J. Chidolue
Don't only learn from the rich and successful men, also learn from the poor and those that failed woefully, for in their failures lies the secret of success as well.
Ikechukwu Izuakor
Don't cheat the foundation of a house because you want to save for the roofing for at the end, you will have only roofed rubbles.
Ikechukwu Izuakor
Never forget a man who weathered and rescued you from the storm just because you can see the shores.
Ikechukwu Izuakor
Don't sell the warmer for an air conditioner just because its summer, for in winter, you will have to do the reverse.
Ikechukwu Izuakor
The way our minds work is that one positive thing and one negative thing does not equal each other.Instead, one negative thing can drastically bring down 2 or 3 positive things.
Osayi Emokpae Lasisi
A life of service is a life well and greatly lived.
Omoakhuana Anthonia
In some of our life projects we just never sit down to ask ourselves where we need to be going with it and so our 'ship of the project' wanders at the dictates of the waves rather than directed by the motor of our purpose
Gbenga APAMPA
The true measure of a person is not in what he knows, but what he does with what he knows.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Thought leadership is first and foremost life leadership.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Self-discovery is life recovery.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
To discover the original plan of God is to manifest the work of creation
Sunday Adelaja
You may not appreciate the value of a key until you encounter the door it locks or unlocks.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Compassion, not castigation is the way to help a person become better.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Your thinking has the potentiality to make you a kid or a king, in it lies your enthronement or dethronement.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Life is more than NOWnever allow your now to spoil your tomorrow
Idowu Ayodeji
If you understand that you are not just your appearance or your physical body, you will be better equipped to handle negative feelings or imperfection regarding your outward appearance
Sunday Adelaja
Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing
Sunday Adelaja
I made my name”. What does this mean? It means a man has overcame the obstacles, hassles and roadblocks
Sunday Adelaja
I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you didn’t stop just because the way was hard, rather you found solutions to problems
Sunday Adelaja
I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you continually engaged in educating yourself, undertaking and fulfilling your responsibility and learned never to give up regardless of your circumstances
Sunday Adelaja
I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you developed endurance, perseverance and will-to-win as a core part of your character
Sunday Adelaja
I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you fought and won your inner battle against fears and restrictions
Sunday Adelaja
I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you were not concerned with conquering the world as much as you were dedicated with conquering yourself
Sunday Adelaja
Understanding and developing your true identity gives you intrinsic value and should impact your focus
Sunday Adelaja
Making a name for yourself comes from working hard
Sunday Adelaja
Making a name for yourself comes from cultivating endurance and patience that even angels will love to have
Sunday Adelaja
You make name for yourself when you overcome pain, weakness, laziness and ignorance
Sunday Adelaja
Making name for yourself requires you not to stop and consider you have done enough but rather continue to move forward
Sunday Adelaja
When you believe the truth about yourself, the truth that people are created to solve problems and overcome the limitations of their nature you make a name for yourself
Sunday Adelaja
When everything seems to be going wrong with you, you must remember the airplane takes off against the wind
Sunday Adelaja
You make a name for yourself when you take on responsibilities and constantly solve problems
Sunday Adelaja
I don’t want you to hate me or even to not like me, but I am committed to helping you think and grow and succeed
Sunday Adelaja
In understanding and developing your true identity, you can stand on solid ground because you are a person of God’s unique creation
Sunday Adelaja
Your main target should be to find and develop your own unique individuality and not let your focus be sidetracked and drift to external things
Sunday Adelaja
To develop the person inside you is to pay attention and develop life within yourself
Sunday Adelaja
What an abyss of ignorance hiding under the guise of love and care!
Sunday Adelaja
The society and surroundings pressures us to do what they want us to do and be what they want us to be
Sunday Adelaja
Only a person who has already developed life within himself will be able to extend a quality life to somebody else
Sunday Adelaja
Our challenge is not to let life mold us or break us
Sunday Adelaja