485 Quotes by Vincent Okay Nwachukwu

The poor make the wealthy rich; for without the poor, the rich have no advantage. If we all are rich, then we all are poor.

When a dangerous insect perches on a delicate body part, even a quick tempered man quickly learns how to settle provocative issues amicably.

War is worthless, it renders the harmless helpless. What baseless reason could a headless-chicken leader advance to justify the heartless killing of the powerless? No battle is little. It can rattle all, from beetle to cattle. The only proof of mettle is unsettled scuttle because life is brittle. Everybody looks for somebody and nobody is safe knowing that anybody can be in a bloody mess.

Old men sign war and assign young men to bear arms and die. Is that how the youths become leaders of tomorrow? The aged are really eating their young.

In a bid to leave behind something worth more than an obituary notice on posters, some dance with death as if their present life is a photocopy only to be disappointed that it is actually the original when faced with a kiss of death.

You cannot carry someone head and foot. You either carry the head and leave the feet or the feet and leave the head; he will be responsible for bringing the other sooner or later.

Some creditors will sing blues to lure you into debt and when you put on you dancing shoes, you’ll be compelled to dance electric shock.

A good dancer will not stop at preambles; he will go the whole hog. He will bubble and wobble, grove and move, gyrate and gravitate, wriggle and jiggle, oscillate and palpitate, tumble and shuffle.

Proverbs are not just meant for recalling and proffering but to impart practical wisdom which will impact on our actions.