“Their disappearance from the human family would be no great loss to the world.”

“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.”

“Sir, I had rather be right than to be President.”

“Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.”

“Recognize at all times the paramount right of your Country to your most devoted services, whether she treat you ill or well, and never let selfish views or interests predominate over the duties of ...”

“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.”

“God and government can work together”

“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than ourselves, who really know how to manage things. But the governme...”

“In our country let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy Nigeria unity.”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”

“We would all benefit by shifting our focus from seeing pain as bad to seeing pain as motivation to change.”

“People must be taught that money is not the most important benefit of work.”

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”