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Quotes by Michael Bassey Johnson

“Let your heart shine even more than your face. The beautiful contents of your heart can never be forgotten, but your face will be a history.”

“It doesnt really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front.”

“Trying to please everybody is what youll soon get tired of, because as time goes on, those youre pleasing will get tired of you.”

“True love is not a hide and seek game: in true love, both lovers seek each other.”

“The more attention you give to your loved ones, the less affection you recieve from them.”

“Dont call anyone a devil, because within you, you can experience hell and the devil, and the devil is nothing, but you!”

“Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.”

“True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior.”

“Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.”

“You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth remains the truth, no matter how sweet the lie may taste.”

“A true friend doesnt have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back.”

“Some men can love forever, some for six years, some for six months, and others for six hours.”

“Poetry is inspired by the elements of random thoughts, an overflow of gazing at the unseen.”

“People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.”

“The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc.”

“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”

“Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, dont be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.”

“Buy a gift for a dog, and youll be amazed at the way it will dance and swerve its tail, but if dont have anything to offer to it, it wont even recognize your arrival; such are the attributes of fake friends.”

“Dont show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all youll see is hate and jealousy, and youll fight with him in the street like a dog and all youll feel is regret.”

“True friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part of you, but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you are to them.”