Quotes by Nigerian Authors - Page 78

Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission is to distract, detract and extract, and make you live in abject poverty.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Most people do not know what they are living for. Asking a question of the purpose of their existence would be an absurd thing to do merely on this account
Sunday Adelaja
Prayer is not complaining but proclaiming
Ikechukwu Joseph
It is the people who cannot stand oppression that qualifies to fight today’s modern slavery.
Sunday Adelaja
By properly going through hardships you can develop the qualities of the successful man that is in you
Sunday Adelaja
A lot depends on the small things
Pastor Adelaja Sunday
To be a highflier and a name to conjure with, you must decide your dimension, plan your path, master the moment, focus on the future, determine your degree, push your persistence and leadyour life.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Getting fired from work gives you the zeal to make your own inventions
Sunday Adelaja
It is easy for anybody to call himself or herself a “Christian” but the truth is we respond from very different world-views.
Sunday Adelaja
If everyone just accepted you the way you are, then, probably, you'd still be the way you were. So for anyone who didn't accept you at one point, just give 'em a smile in your heart and say, "Thank You"!
Ufuoma Apoki
Pivotal changes occur with every period of time
Sunday Adelaja
One of the most important gifts that you can give to yourself is the gift of self-education, that is the best way to grow on constant basis
Sunday Adelaja
Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting.
Michael Bassey Johnson
The people of God are the driving force of every nation
Sunday Adelaja
What you do with your time daily is essential for spiritual and physical growth
Sunday Adelaja
Stop concentrating on the leaves concentrate on d root cause where they came from.Curse or bless d cause
Ikechukwu Joseph
Imitate the traits of your creator
Sunday Adelaja
Up till recently 75% of all inventions from the time of the industrial revolution is credited to the countries where Protestant ethics were taught
Sunday Adelaja
God can accomplish His plan, only if a man will be fully obedient to His will
Sunday Adelaja
Not so long afterwards it was broad day light in Iluji for the first time ever.
Ray Anyasi
Men after the heart of God become the moral conscience, the guidance and custodians of justice, not simply in the security of the four walls of their church
Sunday Adelaja
Our efforts make the world go around.
Sunday Adelaja
Not even a book on prosperity can prosper you, when what is expected of you is given, your time won't be wasted.
Michael Bassey Johnson
You can create viable ventures out of turbulent adventure.
Ikechukwu Joseph
God always protects what He considers to be a blessing for a person.
Sunday Adelaja
When you had the dream, it looked big. So why quit when it's still small?
Emem Uko
Our calling is to exalt the name of the Lord above every other name. God has translated us into His Kingdom and revealed to us the way to greatness so that we can glorify Him.
Sunday Adelaja
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.
Ogwo David Emenike
Creativity is key to productivity and prosperity.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
God will always turn trials, national and personal into the manifestation of His glory
Sunday Adelaja
There are gifts and talents that have not yet been used and power which has not been applied
Sunday Adelaja
Take for instance, a society where the prevailing value system is that you only go into politics and leadership to serve and not to make money. In such a nation, people know that those who go into politics and leadership come out of it poorer than they went in.
Sunday Adelaja
We cannot lose the battle, if we release our faith knowing that God can do a miracle
Sunday Adelaja
You are created with a purpose
Sunday Adelaja
God has no business with irresponsible people.
Sunday Adelaja
A bitter critic is the sweetest corrector.
Michael Bassey Johnson
My life will end someday, but it will end at my convenience.
Michael Bassey Johnson
It does not matter how old you are. Recognize your calling and begin to work toward its fulfillment
Sunday Adelaja
If you know who you are, it makes you immune to criticism
Sunday Adelaja
A man’s conquest depends on his knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Sunday Adelaja
The way we assess time as humans determines what we become
Sunday Adelaja
Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it.
Ogwo David Emenike
National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty
Sunday Adelaja
Result won’t come if we don’t provide the reason for it to come.
Sunday Adelaja
When all is lost, but life, really nothing is lost.
Sunday Adelaja
Knowledge comes by revelation through the study of the Scriptures
Pedro Okoro
Life cannot be in existence without time
Sunday Adelaja
You must find your own gift, the activity you are fond of and the activity you were created for
Sunday Adelaja
The only reason for your intimidation by the devil, and you're being afraid of him, or what he can do is because you are living in ignorance (darkness) which is his territory.
Sunday Adelaja
Every relationship that we have with people today is either lifting us up or dragging us down
Sunday Adelaja
I'm not simple. Loving me will never be easy. I bring every travesty that's rocked me- with me, to the table. I won't pretend to be something I'm not, and I don't expect you to be blemish free either. That's much too boring of an existence. A past means you've lived, you've prevailed. My ears are open. My heart is accepting. I want to know how you are. I want to know what made you... and I want to feel free to share the 'not so pretty' parts of me, with you.
Alfa H
A set and concrete term of attaining a plan mobilizes a man to fulfill it.
Sunday Adelaja
Appreciate and find ways to invest in yourself
Sunday Adelaja
When we allow people to fellowship with us, God welcomes us into fellowshipping with Him
Sunday Adelaja
Every Christian can become a rich person.
Sunday Adelaja
A thorough inspection of someone you believed to be loveable will send you back into your shell if all you saw in their life was all bullshit.
Michael Bassey Johnson
If we have any role at all, I think it’s the role of optimism, not blind or stupid optimism, but the kind which is meaningful, one that is rather close to that notion of the world which is not perfect, but which can be improved. In other words, we don’t just sit and hope that things will work out; we have a role to play to make that come about.
Chinua Achebe
A man will have success in the place where he diligently works
Sunday Adelaja
Always find purpose in your existence
Sunday Adelaja
Tomorrow is not a day. It's an attitude. It's a symbol of the human spirit's desire to keep getting better. It's that curious mind that asks 'what's next'?Tomorrow is not ushered in by the cock's crow. Tomorrow dawns when today is better than yesterday...when we create something new.
Sola Kosoko