Fela Quotes
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Fela Quotes & Sayings
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Your Potential is an OBLIGATION.Its what you MUST be,do and have because you CAN. You Can, you Must, You will
— Fela Durotoye
Nigerians must have the dream, believe the dream, live the dream and work to build the dream
— Fela Durotoye
To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better place to live in.
— Fela Kuti
Without Purpose, LIVING is downgraded to Breathing a boring routine of inhaling oxygen - waiting to exhale
— Fela Durotoye
The secret of life is to have no fear.
— Fela Kuti
Leadership is a SERVING relationship with OTHERS that inspires THEIR growth and makes the world a better place
— Fela Durotoye
Real Fathers are Role Models worthy of emulation. They choose to live exemplary lifestyles of leadership and excellence
— Fela Durotoye
No nation has ever been able to transform by chance. Its always a deliberate and conscious process
— Fela Durotoye
A radical is he who has no sense ... fights without reason ... I have a reason. I am authentic. Yes, that's what I am.
— Fela Kuti
Real Fathers make a positive impact on their generation, and so give the next generation the advantage of a better nation to live in
— Fela Durotoye
If the path you are walking today won't lead you to your desired destination, then you are STROLLING
— Fela Durotoye
Direction is only necessary when your destination is certain but the path to get there isn't clear to you
— Fela Durotoye
Your Potential is all that you can HAVE but have not yet possessed. No limits. No boundaries
— Fela Durotoye
I refuse to live my life in fear ...
— Fela Kuti
Life never gives you what you deserve but what you decided.
— Tara Fela-Durotoye
You cannot sing African music in proper English
— Fela Kuti
TODAY is the PAST of your FUTURE. So, make TODAY count for the sake of your HISTORY. Use your words, time & choices wisely
— Fela Durotoye
The Fela Kuti Queens - the band members and wives of the late African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti - are my fashion icons.
— Solange Knowles
Withheld potential is a "CRIME TO HUMANITY
— Fela Durotoye
Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills
— Fela Durotoye
Seek and achieve "GREATNESS" instead of mere success
— Fela Durotoye
An enlightened and empowered generation is the key to our development in Nigeria and indeed in Africa
— Fela Durotoye
In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds
— Fela Durotoye
When you don't know where you are going in life (No Clear Destination), you don't need direction ... you need Divine Revelation
— Fela Durotoye
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
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
Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don't build themselves. So YOU must build your home
— Fela Durotoye
There are many countries but few nations. We are committed to building Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live
— Fela Durotoye
Strong nations are built on SOLID HOMES not big houses
— Fela Durotoye
Every barren land is a VISION waiting for a VISIONARY
— Fela Durotoye
Africa and indeed Nigeria has always been a paradox, an inexplicable contraction of a blessed land with a poor masses
— Fela Durotoye
What we need now is a nation of great people who live to positively impact others and build enduring legacies
— Fela Durotoye
In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth
— Fela Kuti
Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of HISTORY.
— Fela Durotoye
There is nothing worse than climbing a ladder to the top, only to discover that it is leaning on the wrong wall. That is DEFECTIVE SUCCESS.
— Fela Durotoye
Nigeria 2025 is not a national cake we hope to all share, its a cake we must be ready to bake
— Fela Durotoye
Success may be measured by things (prosperity, property, positions, possessions) but GREATNESS (Leadership) can only be measured by PEOPLE.
— Fela Durotoye
My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom,
— Fela Kuti
For every stage and season of your life, PURPOSE will always create a Vacuum that you are wired & equipped to fill. Find Your Vacuum and Fill it.
— Fela Durotoye
LIGHT has no value without darkness, just as a SOLUTION has no value without a problem
— Fela Durotoye
It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice
— Fela Durotoye
I hold death in my pouch, I cannot die.
— Fela Kuti
Life is a JOURNEY, not a Stroll
— Fela Durotoye
If you start to see more successful businesses that are playing on a global level, the story of Africa will begin to change
— Tara Fela-Durotoye
Not everything in your past qualifies to be called HISTORY; only the things in the past that shaped your FUTURE
— Fela Durotoye
Africa must remain on the path of democracy. But democracy MUST also remain about the PEOPLE, not about power
— Fela Durotoye
Our nation is ripe with a multitude of successful people, who have achieved much for themselves with little impact on anyone else
— Fela Durotoye
In the innovation age customer experience is key. Your impression defines their expression
— Fela Durotoye
If your Idea cannot CHANGE the INDUSTRY, you have added no VALUE
— Fela Durotoye
We must see the new Nigeria The Nigeria We Want we must accept personal responsibility to build it
— Fela Durotoye
Great Leaders do NOT break the law, not because of the fear of being caught but because of the fear of God & love for the land
— Fela Durotoye
Despite the turbulence our nation has experienced, we WILL arrive safely and without incident!
— Fela Durotoye
A year from today, it will be Good if your life is positively different, but GREAT if your life has made a positive difference on others
— Fela Durotoye
Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
— Fela Kuti
We must train our 'future candidates' on not only how to win elections but how to govern well.
— Fela Durotoye
To achieve this incredible feat of building Nigeria, we must all truly desire to see it happen
— Fela Durotoye
There's a place for talking and criticism. But there's also a place to let our ACTIONS do the talking!
— Fela Durotoye
Individual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders
— Fela Durotoye