Powerful Quotes from a Great Literary Legend (#3) – CHINUA ACHEBE
Quote #1
" When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool."
Quote #2
" When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see."
Quote #3
" Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be."
Quote #4
" What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender."
Quote #5
" When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day."
Quote #6
" People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck."
Quote #7
"The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair."
Quote #8
" One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised."
Quote #9
"A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself."
Quote #10
"A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership."
Quote #11
"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him."
Quote #12
"The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!"
Quote #13
"Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again."
Quote #14
"Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest."
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Great quotes from a literary legend. Continue resting in peace.
Yes @ebohio2008. He indeed was a Nigerian Literary giant.
Truly inspirational quotes! Thanks for sharing!
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