Oke’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Category: quotes

  • Quote on Africa

    If I have ever seen magic, it has been in Africa – John Hemingway

  • African Proverb: On Hospitality

    A home that welcomes strangers will never lack food Hospitality is an act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting or entertaining guests. It’s an attitude that portrays openness, respect, and generosity. There are always rewards for those who have good hearts. Is it not said blessed is the hand that giveth than the one that…

  • Quote: Beautiful Day

    A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset – John Geiger

  • April 2022

    How times fly! Flowers still grow on the dirt by the roadside. That reminds me of hope. Tree leaves fall and new ones replace them. Now that’s greater hope! So I would love to smell the flowers by the roadside and experience love again. Happy New Month everyone and don’t be the April fool today.…

  • Quote on Affection

    To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” — Unknown

  • Like Vs Love

    When you like a flower you pluck it, but when you love a flower, you water it – Japanese quote

  • Quote on Dreams

    Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly – Langston Hughes

  • Quote on Happiness

    The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves – Victor Hugo

  • Held by Ropes!

    Limits like fears are often just an illusion – Michael Jordan Limitations In my last post on African proverbs, we discussed how the eyes become useless when the mind is blind. In this short story below we will understand more about mental limitations. Held by Ropes! A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp and…

  • African Proverb: Closed Mind

    Proverb: Eyes are useless if the mind is blind The eyes see tangible things, but the mind sees much more than that. Ideas are shaped in the mind. After ideas are formed they can now be manifested into real things. Therefore, while eyes are physical, the mind is mental. A mentally blind person can walk…

  • Fresh Start

    Every new day is a chance to make amends for the wrong turns we’ve made. It is a chance to get things right. It is a chance to live our best life – Ricardo G. Williams

  • Quote on Hard work

    Hard work compounds like interest, and the earlier you do it, the more time you have for the benefits to pay off. -Sam Altman

  • I Have A Dream – MLK

    I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. ——Martin Luther King

  • Muse: The Promise

    As long as there’s the sun in the sky and the moon that takes its place at night, you’ll always have my love.

  • Love Quote

    Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get–only with what you are expecting to give–which is everything. –Katharine Hepburn

  • Go For It

    Go for it

  • Love Quote

    I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything – F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Night Sky

    Riddles known to the night sky When the galaxies shine They whisper a million tales Some of yours, a few of mine

  • Patience | Najwa Zebian

  • Don’t Give Up Yet

    Never forget, “if you lost it, it’s because you are meant to find something better.” Let go of the past and make room for what is coming.

  • Quotes on Perseverance

    A Japanese proverb says “fall seven times, stand up eight.” Vince Lombardi said, “There’s only one way to succeed. In anything, and that is to give it everything.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.” ALWAYS REMEMBER…

  • African Quote on Heroism

    If heroes were born in the morning, the night will be too cold to receive them – Okoroji Chidiebere

  • Quote on Life

    The healthiest response to life is joy – Deepak Choora

  • Notes on Confidence

    Confidence defines behaviours and actions, so this new year, let’s do ourselves favours by believing we are whole and accompanying these thoughts with actions that make us grow. So, be grateful every second for who you are and this will change your internal believes over time. What you tell yourself will either make you attract…

  • Reflection: Leaving The Past Behind

    No matter how beautiful and glorious you think the past was, the future is better; far, far better. I used to be a teacher. I love working with kids and youth. I spent a lot of time, preparing my classes and discussions because I would not want a boring class. Fast forward, I was accepted…

  • Quotes on Teamwork

    “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan

  • Quote on Love

    Love is not a game, it’s a beautiful gift. Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. Aristotle.

  • Choices

    What we do in life echoes for eternity. Maximus Choices are tender,Just like mirrors,They are a reflectionOf what is or will beSo if in or out,Be mindful of optionsIf in, maybe gaily securedIf not in, then out of mindDecisions made every dayComes knocking many years,So let it be good always.

  • Mandela’s Quotes on Love

    Give a child love, laughter and peace No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than…

  • Quote on Love

    True love is an honour, not everyone has got one.

  • Quote on Family

    Things may change, but everyone begins and ends with the family.

  • Quote on Perseverance

    Remember, people, the universe; everyone is waiting to applaud you. Stay focused on your dreams.

  • Quotes: Love Vs Hate

    Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater… When you start hating anybody, it destroys the very centre of your creative response to life and the universe; so love everybody. Martin Luther King Jr Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Henry Emerson We…

  • Seasons

    After the winter comes summer, after the gloom comes happiness.

  • Quote on Love

    A person with compassion prefers peace because violence does not stand a chance. Love perseveres; love is not proud. Kindness is one of the highest forms of love.

  • Quotes on Kindness

    There’s so much power in love and compassion. The first part of healing is finding the courage to forgive. Let your message to the world be one of kindness and humanity. Love is the fuel that keeps the world glowing. Light the world.

  • Quote on Love

    Love is always there if you would look for it

  • Everybody Deserves Love

    Everybody deserves love Love transcends the color, Or the human figure we see, It’s not skin, hair, or wits So wherever it comes from Or wherever it is headed Don’t be afraid, just love Don’t let it fade, just love Not trying to beget not knowing For love is the true way of life

  • Live

    We assume that tomorrow will always be there None of us is promised tomorrow. So we have to decide what happens with our lives. We must choose what we react to, how we see the world and what our pain will be. Ignoring all superficial things people do is the first item in the healing…

  • Quote: On Confidence

    When you believe in yourself anything is possible.

  • Quote: On Love

    To give and receive love, we need not wait for perfection – Oke Iroegbu.

  • The Richest Man

    No beauty shines brighter than a good heart When Bill Gates was still the richest man, somebody asked him if there was anyone richer than him. Bill Gates answered yes and started telling the story of a newspaper guy and his encounter with him. Gates said that while he was waiting for his flight, he…

  • Humanity First

    The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life Birds up the trees There, up the trees, I saw several nests. I knew more were there because I could hear a multitude of birds chirping. Most of the nests were…

  • Quote on Faith

    Open your mouth daily and declare good things; declare that you are healthy, that you are strong, that you are rich, that depression is not for you and you will see lines fall in places with time. Wishing everyone a beautiful month in April.

  • Quotes on Resilience

    Fail big! That’s right! – Denzel Washington Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits – Robert Brault I never lose! I either win or learn! – Nelson Mandela When a man sticks to his dreams he will eventually meet with great success.…

  • Quote: Be Yourself

    Figuring out who you are is something nobody can do for you.

  • Quote On Hope

    We’ve to understand we are a lot stronger than we anticipate that we are. We’re a lot stronger than we believe we are. Believing in yourself, you can overcome the darkest moments. I can’t make up for the past, of course, but I just want to have a healthy future – Mike Tyson

  • Quote for The Week: Kindness

    A true selfless act always sparks another – without fail ~ Klaus

  • Quote: Dream The Impossible

    Nature loves the courageous. Dream the impossible and the world will not grind you under; it will lift you – Oke Iroegbu.

  • Quote on Compassion

    There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it – Edith Wharton