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Nnamdi Azikiwe
18 quotes
“Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [On Nigerian Independence (1 October 1960), quoted in "Between then and now" at The Nation Online (10 March 2009)
“My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Nigerian Independence (1 October 1960), quoted in "Between then and now" at The Nation Online (10 March 2009)
“The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance, which leads to the practicalization of social regeneration, to realizing economic determination, becoming mentally emancipated, and ushering in a political resurgence.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in A Life of Azikiwe by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey (Penguin, 1965), p. 116
“No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in A Life of Azikiwe by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey (Penguin, 1965), p. 121
“There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My Odyssey (1971), No. 5
“My father worked in the Nigerian Regiment as a first class clerk but when I worried him that I wanted to go abroad to study, he decided to retire, raise gratuity and gave the whole to me to pay my fare ticket, my first year at Storer College.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had to work at Storer College as a janitor, as a dish washer. I kept on and was able to appreciate what Lincoln meant when he preached about being a friend of a common man. I also worked in the college farm; we had a horse and one of the ministers of the gospel was the head farmer, and he taught me how to handle the horse to plough.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many years after, the ideals of Lincoln persisted in me and I kept watching and I noticed that the presidents take the personal interest of the students and did all they could to help.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I finished, I decided to go home and join the struggle. I couldn’t get a job in Nigeria but I got in Ghana. I was offered 15 pounds a month. In those days, that meant a lot.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We had to use dialogue in Nigeria, we knew that we had many soldiers of Nigeria origin, but they were inferior. In those days, the highest you could get was Sergeant Major.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, then I was 21 and young but these made an impression in me and I said well, if I were able to get through, and obtain admission into any university, that a person like Lincoln would help me because I realised that my country was then a colony and I wanted that country, Nigeria”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had to work at Storer College as a janitor, as a dish washer. I kept on and was able to appreciate what Lincoln meant when he preached about being a friend of a common man. I also worked in the college farm; we had a horse and one of the ministers of the gospel was the head farmer, and he taught me how to handle the horse to plough. h washer.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My life is a pilgrimage from the unknown to the unknown. I do not know whence I emanated or whither I am bound.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The year 1913 is important to me because it signified the time when I had to assist nature in my habiliments. Hitherto, my father had been approached by my aunt, Azumdialo, to purchase a pair of boots for me.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nevertheless, the motto of Garveyism appealed to me.— “One God, One Aim, One Destiny’—and I resolved to formulate my philosophy of life, so far as was practicable, towards the evangelisation of universal fatherhood, universal brotherhood, and universal happiness.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the field of medicine, I wondered why no Nigerian was a member, let alone a fellow, of the Royal College of Surgeons or Physicians. I also thought that something was wrong when ery few Nigerians aimed at the md. The same applied to other professions. I was intellectually curious and made up my mind that, other things being equal, I would proceed to America and attain great heights. I vowed that if I could not be the best in my chosen field, then I would try to be numbered among the very best, because ‘Only the best was good enough for Africa’.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Howard University gave me an insight into the biological origins of human behaviour. I took a course in psychology for fun; but I found it most instructive because it introduced me to Watson’s thesis on behaviourism. Although I had opportunity to know the essentials of the other schools of thought in this fascinating field of study, I have since become a behaviourist. My keen interest in biology is probably responsible for this prejudice.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These experiences convince me that man is, at heart, innately sociable and ardently desires the fellowship of humanity, irrespective of race; yet social forces hasten the disintegration of the social structure by irrational codes of behaviour and conventions.”
Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source