Ogwo David Emenike Quotes

Accept and express your underlying certitude, and it shall be worldwide sagacity.

It is better to explore a gainful uncertainty than to sit in a painful certainty.

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.

Invariably, we all are 'MIND LORDS'.

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

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

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.

Fear breeds cowardice, and cowardice compels bravery.

Who knows not sacrifice may never gain freedom.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

A customized life is a life lived in its true essence.

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.

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

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without.

The courage of one can change the course of all.

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

Mind your mind, soon, you will mine from it.

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

The death of a dreamer does not always bring about the death of his dreams.

Good and quiet do not connote weakness.

With teamwork we are able to multiply our output and minimize individual input.

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

Friendship is the grease of life.

Happiness is in contentment, gratitude, and love. It is a lifestyle, not a location.

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.

You can't do it better without teamwork.

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.

There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination.

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.

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.

Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience.

To believe in one's self is to take a worthwhile risk.

Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more.

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

Decode the message of failure and enjoy the fortune thereof.

One sentence can make a difference, and the writer of that sentence can be you.

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.

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.

The burden of knowledge is lighter than the joy of ignorance.

Waiting is a form of passive persistence.

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

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

A natural, polite smile deceives no one.

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.

Whatever will be, will be, if and only if you let it be.

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.

Synergy without strategy results to waste of energy.

Always be happy, you never know how happy you can make another by just being happy.

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

Love springs from the inside. It is the immortal surge of passion, excitement, energy, power, strength, prosperity, recognition, respect, desire, determination, enthusiasm, confidence, courage, and vitality, that nourishes, extends and protects. It possesses an external objective - life.

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

Of what need is teamwork without a common goal?

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

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

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

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

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

The fear of being misunderstood is the beginning of mediocrity.

The commencement of true happiness is the realization that your happiness begins with you.

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.

Better to lose with the right team than to win with the wrong team.

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

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.

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.

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

To imagine is to risk being mentally blind.

Every man is the conscious or unconscious author of his state.

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

All of us are in the manufacturing industry - manufacturing either our own happiness or unhappiness.

Smart is not just a word; it's an attitude.

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

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

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

Mere hope isn't enough to change destiny. One must act.

All men are what they are by reasons of the laws they keep and the thoughts they think.

Greatness is in influence, and not necessarily in affluence. It is not achieved by being a 'paper millionaire', but by being a 'people millionaire'.

Whatever thing the mind can imagine, the eyes can see, the hands will soon handle.

Fate determines a man's beginning. The man, by choice, determines his end.

Things are happening out there. Don't waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion.

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.

Histories don't make men; men make histories.

First seek happiness from within, then you will find it without.

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

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

While I was yearning for happiness I became happy.

To let go is the most liberating of all acts.