Emenike Quotes & Sayings

Every man is an author - an author of his state. — Ogwo David Emenike

Always be happy, you never know how happy you can make another by just being happy. — Ogwo David Emenike

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without. — Ogwo David Emenike

There is a good life. The goodnews is that you can live that good life. The good life is the happy life. To live this good life, be happy! A truly happy man is a good man. — Ogwo David Emenike

There is no good envy, except the one that motivates us to reach higher goals and be better than the person we were yesterday. — Ogwo David Emenike

In the classroom of hatred we learn pain, but love teaches us to forgive. — Ogwo David Emenike

Developing your unique thought to the level of being appreciated and adopted by the world - that's genius. — Ogwo David Emenike

Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more. — Ogwo David Emenike

When something poses as obstacle to you,surmount it and use it as a miracle to move on to greater height. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Forgiveness is not the act of doing nothing to the one who hurts you. It's easy to do nothing, but hard to forgive. — Ogwo David Emenike

Who knows not sacrifice may never gain freedom. — Ogwo David Emenike

Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it. — Ogwo David Emenike

One of the most important things a man must bear in mind is this very thing - that he owes his fellow a transforming encounter. — Ogwo David Emenike

Whatever will be, will be, if and only if you let it be. — Ogwo David Emenike

In today's globalized world nothing is sure. Routines are falling; stereotypes are breaking. Life has never been as piquant as it is now. So go out of your way; leave your cocoon. Do that crazy thing and be happy you did it. — Ogwo David Emenike

Friendship is the grease of life. — Ogwo David Emenike

The greatest reward for a man's failure is not necessarily the consequent success, but what he becomes by it. — Ogwo David Emenike

Be cohesive in your dealings. Trust built on and from mutual support, facilitating communication and encouraging coordination can be rewarding. — Ogwo David Emenike

True happiness that stands the taste of time comes by recognizing and appreciating what we do possess. — Ogwo David Emenike

We all have different paths in life. As in purpose, so is happiness. As our purposes differ, so do our roads to happiness differ, though we may have common grounds. — Ogwo David Emenike

Happiness is a journey, not a journey's end. — Ogwo David Emenike

Success doesn't just happen. It is a product of hard work, grit and ingenuity. — Ogwo David Emenike

Failure does not connote that you achieved nothing. It denotes that you are on an adventure towards finding what will eventually advance you to the realization of your goals. — Ogwo David Emenike

That failure serves a purpose! — Ogwo David Emenike

All men are what they are by reasons of the laws they keep and the thoughts they think. — Ogwo David Emenike

The death of a dreamer does not always bring about the death of his dreams. — Ogwo David Emenike

Relaxation is good, holidays are necessary, but there is nothing as rewarding and healthy as doing what you love and loving what you do. Our honest toil should inspire and satisfy us. — Ogwo David Emenike

Failure gives the bald hairs; equips the novice with experience. The learner, sooner or later, becomes a teacher by it. — Ogwo David Emenike

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries? — Ogwo David Emenike

Sooner or later, the man who learnt lessons from his failures will be the one to be sought first for guidance, counsel and formula on how to be successful in life's endeavours. — Ogwo David Emenike

First seek happiness from within, then you will find it without. — Ogwo David Emenike

If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure. — Ogwo David Emenike

When Philip complained about the French couple building a house next to his in Cornwall, Emenike asked, 'Are they between you and the sunset? — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Better to lose with the right team than to win with the wrong team. — Ogwo David Emenike

But Emenike resumed talking, gesturing, his movements fluid and sure, his manner still that of a person convinced they knew things that other people would never know. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It seemed to me that in America blacks and whites work together but don't play together, and here blacks and whites play together but don't work together, Emenike said. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset. — Ogwo David Emenike

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. — Ogwo David Emenike

The courage of one can change the course of all. — Ogwo David Emenike

As the sun shines I will make hay
To keep failure at bay
For there remaineth a pay
For my honest toil each day. — Ogwo David Emenike

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter. — Ogwo David Emenike

Of what need is teamwork without a common goal? — Ogwo David Emenike

To shine and outshine the shining stars, to take your abilities to the greatest height, to sit on top of the world, you must fortify yourself with persistence, the determination and willingness to stay in the same direction over a long period of time whatever the cost might be. — Ogwo David Emenike

Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does. — Ogwo David Emenike

Invariably, we all are 'MIND LORDS'. — Ogwo David Emenike

Fear breeds cowardice, and cowardice compels bravery. — Ogwo David Emenike

While I was yearning for happiness I became happy. — Ogwo David Emenike

Smart is not just a word; it's an attitude. — Ogwo David Emenike

When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity. — Ogwo David Emenike

80% of man's happiness is based on love - love for others, love for self, love for family, love for friends, love for work, love for nature, and love for being loved. — Ogwo David Emenike

The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles. — Ogwo David Emenike

If we ask the right questions, we can change the world with the right answers. — Ogwo David Emenike

It does not take age to be a sage, neither does it require rage to have the courage to be a sage in this day and age. — Ogwo David Emenike

The mind is the mine of man, wherein he digs out good or evil. — Ogwo David Emenike

The burden of knowledge is lighter than the joy of ignorance. — Ogwo David Emenike

The slogans "hang on" and "press on" have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity. — Ogwo David Emenike

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy. — Ogwo David Emenike

Those plates, with their amateur finishing, the slight lumpiness of the edges, would never be shown in the presence of guests in Nigeria. He still was not sure whether Emenike had become a person who believed that something was beautiful because it was handmade by poor people in a foreign country, or whether he had simply learned to pretend so. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Waiting is a form of passive persistence. — Ogwo David Emenike

A man's genius seems to befriend the more when he reads with open heart, the masterpiece of masterminds, the sagacity of sages, and the ingenious words of geniuses of ages. — Ogwo David Emenike

See your hard times through the spectacles of your experiences. They, too, shall pass away. — Ogwo David Emenike

To be the cynosure of all eyes, do the extraordinary when you are least expected. — Ogwo David Emenike

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. — Ogwo David Emenike

Happiness does not completely depend on comforts or opulence. Even a pauper can be happier than a prince. — Ogwo David Emenike

There are some people who walk into your life and shed a new light in your entire being. Be grateful to such people. — Ogwo David Emenike

Happiness is in contentment, gratitude, and love. It is a lifestyle, not a location. — Ogwo David Emenike

Like a warrior in the battlefield, a writer must endeavour to use his pen to stamp the paper with his identity. — Ogwo David Emenike

Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure. — Ogwo David Emenike

A natural, polite smile deceives no one. — Ogwo David Emenike

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. — Ogwo David Emenike

Writers are like tricksters. Their words lure us to embark on journeys and unlock our emotions. — Ogwo David Emenike

The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine. — Ogwo David Emenike

Patience and persistence are the keys ... The keys to unlock doors of success ... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience. — Ogwo David Emenike

It takes patience to make a man - the patience to listen, watch and wait. — Ogwo David Emenike

I acquired courage from the masterpieces of sages. I came of age by their instructions to keep going, even in hard times. Then I learnt not to despair, even when it seemed that my world is falling apart. I learnt to possess fortitude. — Ogwo David Emenike

Every man is the conscious or unconscious author of his state. — Ogwo David Emenike

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. — Ogwo David Emenike

Majority of folks out there are trying to make a difference. Don't just make a difference; become the difference! — Ogwo David Emenike

You can't do it better without teamwork. — Ogwo David Emenike

The peak of happiness is attained when a person has accepted to be what he is. — Ogwo David Emenike

In anything you set out to do, don't try your best. Do your best. — Ogwo David Emenike

Fate determines a man's beginning. The man, by choice, determines his end. — Ogwo David Emenike

While it is best to believe in oneself, a little more from others can be a great blessing, a thing to be thankful for. — Ogwo David Emenike

Mind your mind, soon, you will mine from it. — Ogwo David Emenike

Histories don't make men; men make histories. — Ogwo David Emenike

Whatever thing the mind can imagine, the eyes can see, the hands will soon handle. — Ogwo David Emenike

Mere hope isn't enough to change destiny. One must act. — Ogwo David Emenike

Your divine sagacity is your life's status symbol. — Ogwo David Emenike

What would have been the fate of sages if there were no fools? — Ogwo David Emenike

Courage, self-reliance and decisiveness are the main traits that define a man. — Ogwo David Emenike

Accept and express your underlying certitude, and it shall be worldwide sagacity. — Ogwo David Emenike

The commencement of true happiness is the realization that your happiness begins with you. — Ogwo David Emenike

To imagine is to risk being mentally blind. — Ogwo David Emenike

Decode the message of failure and enjoy the fortune thereof. — Ogwo David Emenike

People enter different paths seeking for happiness and fulfillment. We must respect other people's individuality. Just because they're not on your path doesn't mean they are on the wrong track. — Ogwo David Emenike

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. — Ogwo David Emenike

Excellence is a lifestyle, not a coincidence. — Ogwo David Emenike

There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination. — Ogwo David Emenike

Our imagination goes ahead of us, bringing our yesterday's imagings into present realities. — Ogwo David Emenike

Do you know the opportunity you get when you fail? It is starting again - an opportunity to perform better. — Ogwo David Emenike