Nation Builder Quotes

“Show me the heroes that the youth of your country look up to, and I will tell you the future of your country.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

“qYour pride for your country should not come after your country becomes great; your country becomes great because of your pride in it.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

“The character of a nation comes not from the character of its leader, but from that of the citizens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana

“Do not allow anybody to put you down or write you off because you are a woman; you are completely human and have everything it takes to be a nation builder”
― Topsy Gift, I AM A WOMAN I AM A HUMAN: UNLEASHING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF WOMEN

“A nation's worth lies not in the value of its currency, but in the character of its people.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“As a nation, we will only become the shining light to the world with the emergence of more and more role models worthy of emulation by all”
― Fela Durotoye

“Nations are not handed perfect, they are perfected by hand.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“Our nation Nigeria CAN & MUST become a great place to live, otherwise we will have to answer to more than just the next generation”
― Fela Durotoye

“You know what a hero is - 9 out of 10 times it's someone who's too tired or too hungry or too cold to give a damn - I don't give a damn - I don't give a damn about the consequences, all I know is, the society that has been handed over to us by our ancestors can't possibly be a human society, it's a society of good-looking savages - and I won't sit still on my couch whining about it like a spineless bug either - it's my society, and I'll either turn it into a human one, or perish in the attempt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity

“Blessed is the nation whose gospel is goodness and religion is service.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Sonnet of National Obligation

When a nation is founded on terrorism,
It has an obligation for self-improvement.
If admitting the past hurts your feelings,
Better remain in your mother's basement.
If we really look for filth and atrocities,
We'll find it in the history of every nation.
The real problem is not the history,
But the absolute denial of its admission.
No nation can become civilized,
Till it steps up to right the wrongs.
Admit the errors of our ancestors,
And pledge to never repeat those harms.
Humanity begins with admitting inhumanity.
Lo we are the shield against further atrocity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“Sonnet of National Sickness

Wanna study a superpower, study America.
Wanna study dysfunctional power, still study America.
Wanna study spirituality, study India.
Wanna study rotten spirituality, still study India.
Wanna study rise of secularism, study Turkish Republic.
Wanna study fall of secularism, still study Turkish Republic.
Wanna study standards of beauty, study the Korean Republic.
Wanna study doctored beauty, still study the Korean Republic.
Wanna study pride and loyalty, study good old Britannia.
Wanna study primeval pride and loyalty, still study Britannia.
Wanna study statehood, study People's Republic of China.
Wanna study the horrors of statehood, still study China.
Every nation on earth suffers from a distinct ailment.
The first step towards recovery is acknowledgement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World

“The world can never heal unless a handful of bravehearts are ready to bleed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“A government's first duty to its citizens, is to provide a fully functional welfare state. Welfare state ought to be the first refuge, not the last resort. A thriving welfare state produces ambitious citizens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator