Inspirational Quotes by Chinua Achebe

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

— Chinua Achebe

One would think he never sucked at his mother’s breast.

— Chinua Achebe

The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership,

— Chinua Achebe

A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.

— Chinua Achebe

There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.

— Chinua Achebe

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

— Chinua Achebe

If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.

— Chinua Achebe

Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

— Chinua Achebe

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't…

— Chinua Achebe

“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things…

— Chinua Achebe

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there…

— Chinua Achebe

“You think you are the greatest sufferer in the world? Do you know that men are sometimes banished for life? Do you…

— Chinua Achebe

A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

— Chinua Achebe

No man however great is greater than his people

— Chinua Achebe

When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk

— Chinua Achebe