Fear breeds cowardice, and cowardice compels bravery.
There are three things I love, three things I spend time with, three things I treat alike: family; friends; and books.
When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows.
Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience.
Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more.
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.
Better to lose with the right team than to win with the wrong team.
Success doesn't just happen. It is a product of hard work, grit and ingenuity.
Good and quiet do not connote weakness.
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.
Waiting is a form of passive persistence.
Every man is the conscious or unconscious author of his state.
Mere hope isn't enough to change destiny. One must act.
There is no good envy, except the one that motivates us to reach higher goals and be better than the person we were yesterday.
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.
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.
Nothing will bind the eyes of man quicker than the touch of compromise. A principle not compromised is a principle worth dying for. A dream not compromised is a dream worth living for.
There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination.
Developing your unique thought to the level of being appreciated and adopted by the world - that's genius.
Every man is an author - an author of his state.