Nigeria Quotes Page 2

A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.

There is no corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria.

Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.

What we need now is a nation of great people who live to positively impact others and build enduring legacies

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.

Bad men cannot make good citizens.

Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people.

It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources.

The best herb I smoke in Jamaica and Africa.

African - Rasclot! Them people cure it in a banana. In a banana skin. A green banana. They wrap it up in a banana so when you get it, it compressed and, I'll tell you, it great! Blood clot! In Nigeria and Ghana, love that herb! Good herb, mon.

Change Won’t Happen Immediately, as Nigeria’s Problems Didn’t Start Overnight

Our audacity to rise from our losses makes Nigeria the number one footballing nation in Africa!

Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

In Nigeria, there is energy, whether it is Lagos, which is sheer anarchy, but it is not lethargic. It is strong, even aggressive and if that energy could be directed to work it will produce really enormous results.

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history.

My work has examined that part of our story extensively.

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

I think anyone who isn't investing in Nigeria is missing out.

If you look at Nigeria today, literally all of the business class cabins are full of foreigners, because these guys see opportunity.

From 1971 to 1993 my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself.

I founded this school for the masses.

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.

Nigeria will start exporting cars soon

I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him.

One person is nothing. Two people are a nation.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation.

It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.

I live half the year in Nigeria, the other half in the U.

S. But home is Nigeria - it always will be. I consider myself a Nigerian who is comfortable in the world. I look at it through Nigerian eyes.

My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces. My own art is either on exhibition or owned by other people!

Heirs Holdings has the ambition to generate at least a quarter of Nigeria's power consumption needs in the next five years

I think I have become a very strong person.

If you’re able to grow up in Nigeria and go through certain things, you’re able to tackle anything around the world because you’re able to live wherever, if you can survive in a city like Lagos or Warri or Niger Delta, as far as I’m concerned.

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.

Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering.

I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.