Top 9 Quotes by Nnamdi Azikiwe

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.

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

Average, People, Mediocrity

"My Odyssey: An Autobiography". Book by Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1970.

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Creativity, Essence, Soul

Nnamdi Azikiwe “ZIK A SELECTION FROM THE SPEECHES OF NNAMDI AZIKIWE Governor-General of the Federation of Nigeria formerly President of the Nigerian Senate formerly Premier of the Eastern Region of Nigeria”, CUP Archive

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

Spiritual, Determination, Political

"A Life of Azikiwe". Book by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey, 1965.

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

Time, Thinking, May

"A Life of Azikiwe". Book by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey, 1965.

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

Country, Desire, Done

Nnamdi Azikiwe's remarks on Nigerian Independence (October 1, 1960), as quoted in "Between then and now" by Olatunji Ololade at "The Nation Online", March 10, 2009.

Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Blessed, People, Common

Nnamdi Azikiwe “Zik: a selection from the speeches of Nnamdi Azikiwe”, CUP Archive

It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Peace, Pieces

Despite the mythic heights to which he was raised, Azikiwe was nothing if not pragmatic, a realist always conscious of his limits and ever eager to extract all that was possible from that limited horizon.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Horizon, Height, Limits