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NOTABLE QUOTES #5 : INTEGRITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ‘In the end, you should always do the right thing even if it’s hard.’- Nicholas Sparks ‘’Don’t pretend. You are not a leader because you know everything. Omniscience is not a prerequisite. But confidence is. Express your uncertainty with confidence. When you do, you will instill confidence in those you have chosen to follow.’- Andy Stanley ‘The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.’- Confucius ‘Once you have determined what you want to be, tell somebody. Go public with your intentions…Character is personal but it is not private. Everybody who knows you has an opinion about the kind of person you are. You might as well let them know the kind of person you are striving to become.’- Andy Stanley ‘If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing. You can’t buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.’- Henry Kravis ‘To give real service, you have to add something...

NOTABLE QUOTES

The first post on this segment of the blog would feature notable quotes from 'THE PLATFORM 2016: THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF NIGERIA’ and how Nigeria can be made to work.' QUOTE OF THE DAY: ‘I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain’ - John Adams ‘The first thing done by God was to create, creativity is in your DNA…what have you brought to the table, in Nigeria? More critical than our raw materials is the development of the human mind.’ –Bolanle Austen-Peters on “Creativity, Innovation and Development”. ‘The Kabiyesi style of leadership is wrong for democracy- we need to be able to ask questions…If there’s a New York, there must be an Old York. We need a new ...