Quotes by Nigerian Authors - Page 86

God created you for His higher purpose and for your better good
Sunday Adelaja
Goals should be broken down into parts, and then think over the plan of their implementation
Sunday Adelaja
Our ignorance of the meaning of the existence of one or another creation does not mean they are meaningless
Sunday Adelaja
Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.”I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. “Gets away from what, though?”“From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.”“You don’t want her to be happy and good?”“I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.
Helen Oyeyemi
When we overemphasise miracles we are saying people could get something without qualification and merit.
Sunday Adelaja
People will rather pass by the weak, the lame, the beggars, the orphans, the tormented, the widows and take their large offerings to church, to the man of God who already has a mansion and jets , what a shallow mindedness.
Sunday Adelaja
Joblessness makes you live without the fear of being fired
Sunday Adelaja
A victorious life is as a result of a correct way of thinking
Sunday Adelaja
The time has come for every Christian to change his position, to change the dimensions of his vision
Sunday Adelaja
Oyin Da’s mind is as elegant as a French horn, thoughts moving in whorls and evoking fresh mint leaves.
Tade Thompson
I feel that there has to be a purpose to what we do. If there was no hope at all, we should just sleep or drink and wait for death. But we don’t want to do that. And why? I think something tells us that we should struggle. We don’t really know why we should struggle, but we do, because we think it’s better than sitting down and waiting for calamity.
Chinua Achebe
Life was given to us for an assignment
Sunday Adelaja
When in place of love you have grieves. And in place of glory nonfulfillment of hopes you earn, know that it's a natural catastrophe preparing you for distinguished conditions." - Darmie Orem
Darmie O-Lujon
If you can fix yourself you can fix the problem===the cure u need is somewhere within you
Ikechukwu Joseph
People having a victim complex invite someone to tease them into their lives though they could have mutually beneficial relationships
Sunday Adelaja
The question most people do not ask themselves is what they could do with their time to make it productive.
Sunday Adelaja
Your vision is not only in your heart but also in the heart of God
Sunday Adelaja
Wasting time is when seconds, minutes and hours are passing without being converted
Sunday Adelaja
The only thing you can do with the dreams when you realize it’s already morning is to regret wasting your life while you had all the time.
Sunday Adelaja
Christians are called to set people free from the delusion of the world and from the devil’s deceit
Sunday Adelaja
It doesn't matter if most people refuse to understand nor support my efforts, not at all, it doesn't at all matter. What matters is, I am pioneering a revolution.
Sunday Adelaja
Whatever it is you have been called to do, if you will invest time into perfecting it, you will soon be reckoned among the great in your society.
Sunday Adelaja
Don`t turn around in circles for making circles do not equate making progress.
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Since life is in time, since life is in seconds, minutes and hours; that means to waste time is to waste life. To lose time is to lose a life. So don’t waste time!
Sunday Adelaja
This generation must spend less time waiting for manna from heaven, but spend more time in the fields building and producing.
Sunday Adelaja
Love is the greatest attribute of God
Sunday Adelaja
Never pretend to be who you are not. It doesn't take long before the truth gets revealed and you'll be left hurt with the results.
Kemi Sogunle
Gods strength is manifestly perfected in your weakest weakness
Ikechukwu Joseph
If you want to get understanding, keep the Word in your heart and not in your mind only.
Sunday Adelaja
There is no love for God without love for man
Sunday Adelaja
The source of man is in man,and when a man dies,millions of men die in him.
Michael Bassey Johnson
The thing that breaks the heart of God and makes him to cry out of frustration for his men and their whereabouts is when equity has been squeezed out of the public square
Sunday Adelaja
First seek happiness from within, then you will find it without.
Ogwo David Emenike
When you choose to let go, you discover more about who you are and what you want out of life, and then you go for it!
Chinonye J. Chidolue
We see so much bad and evil that we forget there could still be good left, somewhere. If you think you deserve to be treated well, it’s a sign that there still so much good left. People only treat us as best as their ability allows them; if you deserve more, try as much as you can to treat them better.
Ufuoma Apoki
It is only when we meet the needs of the people around us that God meets our needs
Sunday Adelaja
The secret of all the great men and women in history is that they converted their time into tangible products.
Sunday Adelaja
Without delayed gratification, there is no patience.
Sunday Adelaja
The miracle centered gospel gives people this mentality that they could have their way without being their best.
Sunday Adelaja
Music enables an ability of divine expression transcending any words.
Temi Peters
The one who gets rich is the one who devotes himself to his work
Sunday Adelaja
There are three impossibilities in life: God cannot lie, God cannot change and finally, I cannot be a poor man.
Ikechukwu Izuakor
When you get caught up on other peoples' problems, solve them with caution so you don't suffer the excessive burdens of regrets.
Darmie O-Lujon
By covetousness, people will exploit you with deceptive words
Sunday Adelaja
Make each day count
Sunday Adelaja
Light in Greek is the same thing as knowledge which is the opposite of ignorance.
Sunday Adelaja
It is not the mountain that is our problem but the absence of knowledge on how to deal withthe mountain.
Sunday Adelaja
The best way to convert time is to find out your calling, find out your divine gifting and convert your time into developing your gift and your calling.
Sunday Adelaja
In order to have constant success and prosperity it is very important to be focused not on the success itself but on Jesus Christ
Sunday Adelaja
If the people reveal God , He will change the heart of the king of that country
Sunday Adelaja
A responsible citizen is the one that sees something wrong in the society, something he is not satisfied with or that he cannot agree with and responds not by blaming the government or leaders. But by designing ways and means of bringing a lasting solution to the issues at hand
Sunday Adelaja
Genius is 10% talent and 90% hard work
Sesan Kareem
No matter where you are involved with, your increase must have a purpose.multiplication of his children, He goes ahead to expatiate on his blessings to us
Sunday Adelaja
When it comes to greatness, God doesn’t choose for man.
Sunday Adelaja
We should each be a carrier of the Kingdom
Sunday Adelaja
Be your own boss. If you're aiming for true wealth and freedom consider starting your own business.
Timi Nadela
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
Joblessness gives you control over the product of your life
Sunday Adelaja
Service to humanity has no alternative
Sunday Adelaja
Maybe it’s time to just scrap the word “racist.” Find something new. Like Racial Disorder Syndrome. And we could have different categories for sufferers of this syndrome: mild, medium, and acute.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie