A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

Your greatness is measured by your kindness.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Only the ones whose hearts have been conquered by LOVE know the secret language of the eyes. Leave trails of love today, perhaps others might be brave enough to follow

How alive am I willing to be?

The question is not 'Am I a leader?' - the question is 'What kind of leader am I?

As uncomfortable as it might be, I refuse to let the comfort of being agreed with suffocate my opinions.

Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find more.

I take a lot of pride in being Nigerian

I feel like I'm 1,000. I don't feel I'm young enough a lot of the time.

It seems that they're playing with one leg tied together.

Many people are horrified at the idea of birth control. . . . It is simply the keynote of a new moral program.

My fears and anxieties throughout my whole life have been slowly squeezing my voice.