Ogwo David Emenike Quotes

There are some people who walk into your life and shed a new light in your entire being. Be grateful to such people.

To shine and outshine the shining stars, to take your abilities to the greatest height, to sit on top of the world, you must fortify yourself with persistence, the determination and willingness to stay in the same direction over a long period of time whatever the cost might be.

There are three things I love, three things I spend time with, three things I treat alike: family; friends; and books.

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?

Relaxation is good, holidays are necessary, but there is nothing as rewarding and healthy as doing what you love and loving what you do. Our honest toil should inspire and satisfy us.

Fear breeds cowardice, and cowardice compels bravery.

Forgiveness is not the act of doing nothing to the one who hurts you. It's easy to do nothing, but hard to forgive.

Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience.

Decode the message of failure and enjoy the fortune thereof.

The mind is the mine of man, wherein he digs out good or evil.

Writers are like tricksters. Their words lure us to embark on journeys and unlock our emotions.

It takes patience to make a man - the patience to listen, watch and wait.

To imagine is to risk being mentally blind.

There is no good envy, except the one that motivates us to reach higher goals and be better than the person we were yesterday.

Failure gives the bald hairs; equips the novice with experience. The learner, sooner or later, becomes a teacher by it.

Good and quiet do not connote weakness.

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.

Whatever thing the mind can imagine, the eyes can see, the hands will soon handle.

As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day.

Sooner or later, the man who learnt lessons from his failures will be the one to be sought first for guidance, counsel and formula on how to be successful in life's endeavours.

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without.

Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does.

Whatever will be, will be, if and only if you let it be.

There is a good life. The goodnews is that you can live that good life. The good life is the happy life. To live this good life, be happy! A truly happy man is a good man.

Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset.

What would have been the fate of sages if there were no fools?

The slogans “hang on” and “press on” have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity.

Happiness is a journey, not a journey's end.

All men are what they are by reasons of the laws they keep and the thoughts they think.

Mere hope isn't enough to change destiny. One must act.

There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination.

Waiting is a form of passive persistence.

Do you know the opportunity you get when you fail? It is starting again - an opportunity to perform better.

Of what need is teamwork without a common goal?

Mind your mind, soon, you will mine from it.

True happiness that stands the taste of time comes by recognizing and appreciating what we do possess.

Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more.

Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man.

A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages, and the ingenious words of geniuses of ages.

The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.

The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles.

80% of man's happiness is based on love - love for others, love for self, love for family, love for friends, love for work, love for nature, and love for being loved.

Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience.

Be cohesive in your dealings. Trust built on and from mutual support, facilitating communication and encouraging coordination can be rewarding.

A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It will be foolhardy if he does that.

Better to lose with the right team than to win with the wrong team.

Invariably, we all are 'MIND LORDS'.

Things are happening out there. Don’t waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion.

Fate determines a man's beginning. The man, by choice, determines his end.

The peak of happiness is attained when a person has accepted to be what he is.

Who knows not sacrifice may never gain freedom.

Over the years, I've come to realize that determination makes one to punch above one's weight.

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.

I have never read, heard or seen hatred and guilt win a fight. When we walk in the light of forgiveness and love we meet true victory.

To be the cynosure of all eyes, do the extraordinary when you are least expected.

The death of a dreamer does not always bring about the death of his dreams.

I have learnt from the politics of my great country, Nigeria that there is nothing wrong with the heads of states, but there is something wrong with the state of the heads.

Greatness is in influence, and not necessarily in affluence. It is not achieved by being a 'paper millionaire', but by being a 'people millionaire'.

Failure does not connote that you achieved nothing. It denotes that you are on an adventure towards finding what will eventually advance you to the realization of your goals.

When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity.