Azikiwe Nnamdi Quotes & Sayings

What you couldn't see and only imagined was always scarier than what was real. — Ilsa J. Bick

The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance , which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration , to realizing economic determination , becoming mentally emancipated , and ushering in a political resurgence. — Nnamdi Azikiwe

We will never get great art from women if their education exposes them only to the second-rate and if the idea of greatness itself is denied. Greatness is not a white male trick. Every important world civilization has defined its artistic tradition in elitist terms of distinction and excellence. — Camille Paglia

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it. — Barbara Kingsolver

One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself. — Norman Vincent Peale

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe

My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life? — Nnamdi Azikiwe

Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. — Woody Allen

There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity — Nnamdi Azikiwe

Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them. — Nnamdi Azikiwe

Despite the mythic heights to which he was raised, Azikiwe was nothing if not pragmatic, a realist always conscious of his limits and ever eager to extract all that was possible from that limited horizon. — Nnamdi Azikiwe

Canada has always been a great place for literature. It's strong and growing stronger, and there will always be reading, and there will always be great writers. — Ruth Ozeki

No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal. — Nnamdi Azikiwe

It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. — Nnamdi Azikiwe