“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the dammed things learnt how to swim.” — Frida Kahlo
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“Silence is the most terrible sound of war!”
: "The beautiful ones are are not yet born." -- Igbo Proverb
There's an art to flying. It lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
: “A Leopard tamed, is no longer a leopard”. — Igbo Proverb
Sometimes, indeed most times, a man's gotta be big enough to see how small he is.
“When people no longer distinguish between truth and lies, they lose the distinction between right and wrong, thereby mocking Elohim. Believe me, God cannot be mocked.”
Things don't happen! Things are *made* to happen!!
: "When a handshake has gone beyond the elbow, it's no longer a handshake." -- Igbo Proverb
: "If you don't know your land, it will eat you up and spit you out". -- Igbo Proverb
"Patience is the Mother of a Beautiful Child." -- Igbo Proverb
: "Truth, though buried, shows up at most inconvenient moments ". -- Igbo Proverb
: "Lady Pregnant says not shy about her bulging stomach, but so public a showing what she did in her deepest privacy." -- Igbo Proverb
: "Where there are many, there is strength". -- Igbo Proverb
There is NO OUTRAGE. Let me say it again, there is no outrage. Please, let that sink in.
: "Want to 'negotiate' with a Butcher? Go with a sword...." -- Igbo Proverb
"Sunshine, mixed with a Little Hurricane, She's just the way God made her, & I love her so, She don't just Rain, She pours, That Girl right there, She's the Perfect Storm" -- Brad Paisley
Two greatest tragedies in life - 1) To NOT have your dreams fulfilled; 2) To have your life's dreams fulfilled!
: "An unruly tongue will deprive you of peace, but cannot help you in war." -- Igbo Proverb
: "No man enters his destiny while pedaling backwards". -- Igbo Proverb
Guruji: How do I learn about my mistakes? Guru: Identify one mistake in your wife and tell her to correct it. In response she will help identify ALL your mistakes along with your family's and your friends as well. It's that easy.
There's nobody more Nigerian than a Nigerian who no longer lives in Nigeria. Check!
Faith and Hope are not options. Both are absolutely essential to life.
“The West won…..by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” “The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” - Simon Bolivar. How prescient of Bolivar!” ©️ Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀
: “The patient dog eats the fattest bone; because the impatient dog has eaten all the meat!” — Igbo Proverb
: “If you think you have buried your past, beware of friends with shovels.” — Igbo Proverb
It is very difficult to wake up someone who is not sleeping.