Nigeria Wise Quotes & Sayings

His education was conducted with all care. The ablest teachers were engaged for him, and he was trained in the strict doctrine of the Stoic philosophy, which was his great delight. He was taught to dress plainly and to live simply, to avoid all softness and luxury. His body was trained to hardihood by wrestling, hunting, and outdoor games; and though his constitution was weak, he showed great personal courage to encounter the fiercest boars. At the same time he was kept from the extravagancies of his day. — Marcus Aurelius

My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger. — Gotze Dijkstra

We lived in the attic, Christopher, Cory, Carrie, and me, Now there are only three. — Virginia C. Andrews

Moving on is not like a birthday, you can't count down the hours 'til it arrives and you can't mark it on a calendar and you can't call up your friends to help you celebrate. You can't plan for it and you can't conclude it by blowing out a candle. When moving on happens there will be no announcements, no notifications, no congratulations. There will be no parade; only you will know. — Stephanie Georgopulos

Everything that you want is not very important. Everything that was given to you without any want is very important. — Debasish Mridha

He had one of those deep voices I loved, the kind of voice I imagined would sound commanding and hot as hell when he was bossing his woman around during sex. Jesus. Get a grip, woman. — Nina Levine

If you have a heartbeat, there's still time for your dreams. — Sean Stephenson

The Taliban is resilient. — Leon Panetta

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake. — Scott McClellan

If it is possible, it is done. If it is impossible ... it will be done. — Evel Knievel

It was a reminder that the labeling of others is usually a silent process. Most people do not openly force us into roles, they merely suggest that we adopt them through their reactions to us, and hence surreptitiously prevent us from moving beyond whatever mold they have assigned us. 12. A — Alain De Botton

The events of my birth...and finally of my death are not accomplished in me or for me. The affective weight of my life as a whole does not exist for me. Only the Other is in possession of the values of the being of a given person. — Mikhail Bakhtin

Fighting the wild branches of a haunted tree is not something that every actor is confident enough to attack, literally and figuratively. — Mick Garris

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. — Ralph Nader