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Real and trustworthy people are rare. Honestly, they are the perfect gift from above.
God is up to do Something. Follow those who follow Lord Jesus Christ.
There is no peace, saith God to the wicked.
Wicked steals money, God knows everything, and he can't be fooled. Your wisdom is not higher than God's. Fear God. Workout for true earnings.
To see evil and not call it as evil is Sin.
Tension creators never train a person. They are the kingdom blockers.
Donation demands explanations. Are you ready to explain?
For those whose eyes see nothing else but difference in skin colour, kindly digest this ? I have black skin, no doubt, but my teeth and eyeballs are white. This means that I am not totally black. I have seen so many white people with black hair. This means that they are not totally white. It’s all like an exchange of gifts. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Notre-Dame is a symbol of hallowed beauty. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Notre-Dame Cathedral is a magnificent sacred palace. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Upon a glamorous sea known as Paris stands a regal lighthouse known as Eiffel Tower. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Paris is an extremely beautiful young woman bathing in public. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The Big Ben of London is a tall house where Time rented a space. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
London is an old city that’s so young at heart. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Halley’s Comet comes around once in a long, long while. So do true friends. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Between African leaders and power, it’s “Till death do us part.” ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
As tall as Mount Everest. As quiet as a lamb. As unending as power in the hands of the African leader. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you don’t mind your business, who will mind it for you? ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The problem with men is that they see before believing. The problem with women is that they believe before seeing. The problem with children is that in seeing they believe; in believing they see. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Depression is that state of mind when you’re called upon to give an account of your death while you’re still alive. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
It’s only the envious that sit down while giving others a standing ovation. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Every man has an ordinary madness in him. Every mad man has an extra-ordinary madness in him. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you must rob a poor man, then rob him of his poverty. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
In life, those who find faults will always, by far, outnumber those who find remedies. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The lies politicians tell during peacetime are enough to spark off wars. And the lies they tell during wars are enough to spark off Armageddon. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The scientific name for the fear of God is Conscience. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Beauty is an asset, no doubt. A youthful asset only, for old age and beauty have no diplomatic ties. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Every city has her peculiar charm. London has her peculiar chime. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Dear God, wherever we choose to stay, be with us. When we choose to leave, go with us. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The importance of hard work lies in the healing hands of success. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
I have this feeling in me that those who continue to see race and colour in everything must be as miserable as those who continue to see ghosts in every nook and cranny. They have no peace of mind because they are truly haunted. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Starting all over again with your ex-lover is like watching a new movie on an old black-and-white TV. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
A poor man with good health is wealthier than a rich man with bad health. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Summer throws light on all things hidden though the seasons. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
One special gift that is often overlooked is the spirit of perseverance. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Friends are like websites. There are some you visit more than the others. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If they remain with you during a storm, remain with them after the storm. Fake people are among the trash that storms usually carry with them. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Racism, tribalism and all forms of segregation make your view of life as narrow as the education of a man who can read but cannot write. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
In selling and buying of ideas, money rarely counts. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Laughter forced is as uncomfortable as tears suppressed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Happiness is more expressive than Joy. Happiness is external. Joy is internal. Happiness is surface wiring. Joy is conduit. Happiness flirts. Joy is faithful. Both are like the two lobes of our brains. The one you make use of while making money is not the one you make use of while spending it. And life goes on. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
When hard times won’t quit, just say to them : LEAVE and let live. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
True kindness is when you show people in front the kindness people behind never showed you. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
I'M NOT A SCHOLAR I'M SIMPLY A DISABLED POET UNCONTROLLABLE COMPULSIVE EXCESSIVE WRITING DISORDER I'M A SCHOLAR I AM SIMPLY ME
Money borrowing and money lending are two evil friends that separate two good friends. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Time changes with life and life changes with time. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
True leaders are the ones who turn their backs from time to time to see that no one among those they are leading is left behind. In the case of Africa, however, the leaders turn their backs from time to time, like greedy treasury looters, to see that nothing they have looted is left behind. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Marriage produces two slaves : the male slave and the female slave, both of whom volunteered their freedom to remain slaves until granted freedom by either death or divorce. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Eiffel Tower is more than a landmark; she’s Paris’s missing rib. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The human heart is a piece of great mystery. It has no eyes, yet it sees. It has no mouth, yet it speaks. It has no brain, yet it’s the most cunning thing God ever made. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
We are our own worst physicians -- to do little, or just pray (not that I do not see the power in prayer) -- is to knee-cap our prayers, giving them local crutches and not dynamic, divine wings.
Men and women are like mountains and mountain climbers. Women are like high mountains. Men are like the climbers. When men have not ascended them, they dream of ascending them. When they have ascended them, they climb down with the determination either to ascend again or never again to ascend. . . depending on their experience while on top them. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
We need more soldiers for Christ, and not fraud advocates touting presents for all under my tree.
What you want to be, you’ll surely be. You only need to swallow pills of faith and inject into your system a recommended dose of hard work. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Growing old and growing up are like the front and back covers of a book; they’re two different things. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The tailor who has just had his cut fingers stitched by the surgeon has gone back to his workshop with the surgeon’s torn lab coat to stitch it. Is that strange? Oh, no! Both men are experts on stitching. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Africa has sit-tight problems because she has sit-tight leaders. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The chanticleer is the gentleman of the animal kingdom
I think every women should have a poem written about her
"Life is like poetry to me,
any other form, I disagree."
If you buy stolen goods, you’re not a thief. But you’re like the tiger that is not a cat but belongs to the cat family. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Enter hard times. Exeunt fake friends. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Sex is neither art nor science. That’s why it’s not taught in school. And that’s why people find it difficult to talk about it. It is simply a gift God gave us with his left hand.
~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you want to scare your enemies make more friends. If you want to scare your friends, make more enemies. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Respect is one thing both the rich and the poor must work real hard to possess, since it’s not bought but earned. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
My philosophy is, if one can't write it a bit differently, why bother writing it at all, no matter how pretty or motivational the work -- why repeat what others say beautifully? Creation is infinite -- why limit one's self, and one's God? When writing I throw out tons of publishable material, till a phrase pops onto paper, that has a hint of something original. Then I go with it. Let the Muse lead.
"Writers write from their heart with their imagination. A cold machine has No heart or imagination to write with."
A good sense of humour blunts the sharp blades of reality.
A personal sentiment has no place in politics.
Laughter forced is as uncomfortable as tears suppressed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Life is like a bicycle. When it goes well, ride on. When it has flat tyres, push on. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Romantic heartbreak is a serious non-contagious disease, requiring no pills or syrups, but curable only by a complete dose of Time. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Poetry is just a story told frugally — almost silently, and in near-whispers. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Literature is more than a subject; it’s a fascinating religion with gospels preached in prose, poetry and drama. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The heart never forgets.
"AI will never go away, it is only getting bigger. AI is a cold machine with No heart to write with. Writers write from their heart."
The slave master who gives his slave his freedom has not given him anything new. He has just given him back what he took from him. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
If you desire so much to learn something useful in life, pray not to encounter an impatient teacher. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Those eyes are diseased that see race in everything. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The poor and the rich both worry. The poor, when he has nothing to eat. The rich, when he gets sick from what he has eaten. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Your footprints – you leave them on the sands of time. Your fingerprints – you leave them with the police. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The high point of loneliness is when you begin to notice and give attention to your own shadow. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Finding a good friend is a downright task. Keeping him is an uphill task. Losing him is a mournful task. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
A good book and a smooth road are similar: you’d always love to pass through them over and over again. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Marriages fail because they are either taken too seriously or taken for granted. They should be taken rather like coffee – not too cold and not too hot. If too bitter, should be sweetened a little with sugar. If too dark, should be lightened a little with milk. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
The man with sight, since he sees everything, sees the fullness of life. The blind man, since he sees nothing, sees the emptiness of life. Each man is right in his own eyes. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
"A human writer needs to think and many times rewrite their work. We put our heart, creativity and imagination into each write to bring it to life."
A Veteran is the one who takes up arms to save you before the ones who take up arms to kill you can succeed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
One of the best places to be on earth is among happy people. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Which of these two fake friends do we manage — the one who rejoices silently when trouble comes to us or the one who refuses to rejoice with us when good things come to us? ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Monday is a marathon. Tuesday is a breather. The rest of the week is pay-as-you-go. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Faith. Hope. Dream. These are energy boosters man needs as he desperately races through life. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Lost in love with you. Love is like the wind, feeling refreshing and renewing.
Smiling moments with you feel so amazing. May our love soar high above like two doves.
Love you like the sun and moon. Constant and forever.
Love is timeless. Love lives.
Love is like water, always cool and refreshing.
Choice before conception.
A whatabout has no place in American politics.
"Creativity with human heart is the key to writing."
When your psycho never meets your logical it's a problem.
Love, easy to say, but not always so easy to do.
What makes you a star is not how you shine on your own, but how you shine on people's lives. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
As quiet as a lamb. As unending as power in the hands of the African leader. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
No matter how fast artificial intelligence spreads, global stupidity will always be ahead of it. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Mondays are like the first day in school — you have everything but confidence. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
You don't need to be literate in order to read the human mind. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
I need to stop thinking of myself as a misfit, unworthy of that valetine or enough for a prince on a white horse. I AM someone's happily ever after.. someone's fairy tale.
A monotheistic God is the antithesis
of the polytheistic Gaian Hypothesis.
For the brave, words are not enough. For the crazy, there are not enough words.
Sometimes not saying anything is the best answer, for silence can never be misquoted.
Tact! Is the art of making a point, without making an enemy.
Some say that dreamers are wasting their time, and to face up to reality, and not walk around blind, but dreams have no barriers, dreams have no walls, and wouldn't it be wonderful, if just one dream came true.
The Sun is king over everything.
Love is the ghostly light that no shadow or blade can sever.
In the quiet spaces between pain and grace, the heart finds its truth.
The soul’s final rest is a tender nightfall after a long and weary journey.
Peace is not found in forgetting, but in embracing the wounds time cannot heal.
Some lights never die—they shimmer softly in the dusk of memory.
A silent scream unheard still carries the weight of a thousand words.
Though time moves on, love’s true essence remains an unwavering beacon.
You shimmer still within my dusk, a faded gleam in memory’s husk.
Joy can slip like wind, but the tether of memory holds fast.
Behind every borrowed face lies a story too quiet to tell.
Echoes of a silent heart linger long after the voice has faded.
The darkest nights are softened by the memory of a steady, guiding light.
In the stillness after sorrow, a gentle flame of love continues to burn.
Loss may shadow the soul, but hope is the light that keeps it striving.
Even when joy slips quietly away, the heart remembers what it once held.
Sometimes the hardest pain is born from the absence of honest words.
I never asked for perfect ways, only honesty to stay.
When you’re just an option in someone’s life, they’ll overlook the value of your presence, no matter how rare your heart is. True worth is only seen by those who are ready to cherish it, not by those still weighing their options.
By: Innantia Magcanya
"AI has stolen the imagination from writers. The human writer is the true creator from their heart. AI is the great copier because they have No heart to write with."
Despite daily grind, to others be kind.
Children off to college. We cannot hold on too long to anything of this world, even what is dearly heartfelt. Nothing was ever ours alone, to claim and keep.
We are born as flames and die as ash because the world doesn’t know what to do with the fire in us.
Society doesn’t want you alive with soul — just functional and silent.
We are a world that demands perfection, but fears sincerity.
The true crime is not just death, but the brutal lack of shame before a life that fades.
Every bullet fired into a child screams for eternity: I lacked the courage to become human.
Murderers of nations wear suits, not remorse. They don’t sleep, they rest in their own toxic silence.
Hypocrisy is when you cry for the world but ignore your brother fallen at your feet.
Humanity hasn’t died, it merely sleeps beneath piles of selfies and unsolicited opinions.
We don’t care for truth, only for how beautifully a lie sounds when spoken with the right smile.
We preach kindness while closing the doors on those who ask for just a flicker of light.
We loved each other with the same desperation a junkie seeks his syringe: in the dead of night, in darkness, without shame.
Love is the most poetic form of addiction. And the most beautiful ruin.
I do not fear addictions, only those that wear the face of love.
To love is to fall daily into the same divine trap, without wishing to be saved.
I was addicted to you like a prayer said in vain, but one that kept me alive.