Akinola Quotes & Sayings

It is wrong to use equal language for unequal actions. — Peter Akinola

We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery. We in the church are saying no. We are prepared to live by what God says, not what you say. Man shall not sleep with man, woman shall not sleep with woman. — Peter Akinola

The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be passed since the idea expressed in the bill is the moral position of Nigerians regarding human sexuality. — Peter Akinola

The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed. — Peter Akinola

I don't take criticism lying down. — William Westmoreland

I didn't create poverty. This church didn't create poverty. Poverty is not an issue, human suffering is not an issue at all, they were there before the creation of mankind. — Peter Akinola

I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine. — Johnny Mercer

You'll never catch a nudist with his pants down. — David Letterman

He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. — Ken Kesey

I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands. — Carson McCullers

Is the Church of England an Anglican church? The church did not start in Canterbury, the church did not start in Rome. Whether Canterbury is Anglican or not is immaterial. We are Anglicans. They are the Church of England. — Peter Akinola

True feelings never fade, we just learn to fill the spot. — Romeo Johnson

We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once. — Peter Akinola

We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation. — Peter Akinola

I was shocked to my marrow the very first time I heard the Church is saying a man can marry a man. What? It is from that shock, that surprise, how is that possible? Is it a kind of experiment or something? They are sick or tired of normal heterosexual relationships? How could that be? — Peter Akinola

We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age. — Peter Akinola

The most important history is the history we make today. — Henry Ford

We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be upheld come rain, come fire. That is our position. — Peter Akinola

Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break. — Peter Akinola

Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility. — Peter Akinola

But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn to get along here because we will have to get along there. God won't have it any other way. — Gene Robinson

Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts since they are infinite in number. We must make a selection ... guided by utility ... Have we not some better occupation than counting the number of lady-birds in existence on this planet? — Henri Poincare

All Nigerians must learn from Christ and be determined to imbibe the lesson of divine condescension. — Peter Akinola