Men Quotes by Chinua Achebe

Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.

— Chinua Achebe

No man however great is greater than his people

— Chinua Achebe

When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.

— Chinua Achebe

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

— Chinua Achebe

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

— Chinua Achebe

An angry man is always a stupid man.

— Chinua Achebe

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

— Chinua Achebe

Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

— Chinua Achebe

The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.

— Chinua Achebe

When a new saying gets to the land of empty men, they lose their heads over it.

— Chinua Achebe

A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

— Chinua Achebe

Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!

— Chinua Achebe

The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.

— Chinua Achebe

No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women)…

— Chinua Achebe

There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.

— Chinua Achebe

When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

— Chinua Achebe

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what…

— Chinua Achebe

At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb…

— Chinua Achebe

When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched…

— Chinua Achebe

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is…

— Chinua Achebe

I'm sure if one turned one's mind back from grandiose faults to what is happening to the average man or woman or…

— Chinua Achebe

It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is…

— Chinua Achebe

Men had taken greater blows: that was what made a man a man. For did they not say that a man is…

— Chinua Achebe

It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the…

— Chinua Achebe

Man is sitting disconsolate on an anthill one morning. God asks him what the matter is and man replies that the soil…

— Chinua Achebe

A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food…

— Chinua Achebe

You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the…

— Chinua Achebe

Ogbuef Ezedudu,who was the oldest man in the village, was telling two other men when they came to visit him that the…

— Chinua Achebe

There is that great proverb - that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify…

— Chinua Achebe

Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of…

— Chinua Achebe

There is a certain increase in the importance I assign to women in getting us out of the mess that we are…

— Chinua Achebe

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed…

— Chinua Achebe

What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing.…

— Chinua Achebe

What a man does not know is greater than he.

— Chinua Achebe

We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.

— Chinua Achebe

A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors.

— Chinua Achebe

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

— Chinua Achebe

You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for…

— Chinua Achebe

When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength…

— Chinua Achebe

A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?

— Chinua Achebe