--- title: "26 Way Quotes By Chinua Achebe" description: "26 Way quotes by Chinua Achebe. Plus more from Chinua Achebe and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/chinua-achebe-781_greatness_a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-pave_1596199.png" --- > [A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-paves-the-way-for-his-own/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/chinua-achebe-781_greatness_a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-pave_1596199.png) > [The emperor would prefer the poet to keep away from politics, the emperor's domain, so that he can manage things the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-emperor-would-prefer-the-poet-to-keep-away-from-politics-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/chinua-achebe-781_domain_the-emperor-would-prefer-the-poet-to-kee_1855548.png) > [I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-things-not-to-be-told-this-is/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png) > [A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. I am not really very comfortable with machines; I never learned to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/a-pen-on-paper-is-the-ideal-way-for-me-i-am-not-really-very/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/chinua-achebe-781_comfortable_a-pen-on-paper-is-the-ideal-way-for-me-i_1756591.png) > [I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-think-once-you-have-done-all-you-can-to-a-manuscript-let-it-find/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/chinua-achebe-781_done_i-think-once-you-have-done-all-you-can-t_657346.png) > [Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest. That's not the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/americans-it-seems-to-me-tend-to-protect-their-children-from-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/chinua-achebe-781_americans_americans-it-seems-to-me-tend-to-protect_2418579.png) > [Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist. That this simple truth is glossed over in criticisms of his work is due to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/joseph-conrad-was-a-thoroughgoing-racist-that-this-simple-truth-is/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/chinua-achebe-781_criticism_joseph-conrad-was-a-thoroughgoing-racist_3205986.jpg) > [I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-think-an-artist-in-my-definition-of-that-word-would-not-be-someone/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/chinua-achebe-781_art_i-think-an-artist-in-my-definition-of-th_2752727.png) > [Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/now-one-of-the-changes-that-must-come-to-africa-is-the-idea-of/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/chinua-achebe-781_change_now-one-of-the-changes-that-must-come-to_2734822.jpg) > [Unless I'm writing in the Igbo language, I use a language developed elsewhere, which is English. That affects the way I write.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/unless-i-m-writing-in-the-igbo-language-i-use-a-language-developed/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/chinua-achebe-781_elsewhere_unless-i-m-writing-in-the-igbo-language_272139.png) > [I think Africa is slowly learning - and painfully - that importance of insisting on responsible leadership. It will come eventually, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-think-africa-is-slowly-learning-and-painfully-that-importance-of/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/chinua-achebe-781_africa_i-think-africa-is-slowly-learning-and-pa_180504.jpg) > [If you're rooted to a spot, you miss a lot of the grace. So you keep moving, and this is the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/if-you-re-rooted-to-a-spot-you-miss-a-lot-of-the-grace-so-you-keep/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/chinua-achebe-781_different_if-you-re-rooted-to-a-spot-you-miss-a-lo_206458.png) > [I think as you grow up and you see things which are around you and you ask questions and you hear the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-think-as-you-grow-up-and-you-see-things-which-are-around-you-and/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/chinua-achebe-781_answers_i-think-as-you-grow-up-and-you-see-thing_2948138.png) > [We live in a society that is in transition from oral to written. There are oral stories that are still there, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/we-live-in-a-society-that-is-in-transition-from-oral-to-written-there/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/chinua-achebe-781_advantage_we-live-in-a-society-that-is-in-transiti_2037991.jpg) > [If I say look unless you change your leaders I will not give you any aid, you are likely to have people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/if-i-say-look-unless-you-change-your-leaders-i-will-not-give-you-any/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/chinua-achebe-781_aids_if-i-say-look-unless-you-change-your-lea_2893991.jpg) > [The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. The African writer should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepared-to-pay-is-submission-to/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chinua-achebe-781_able_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_604431.jpg) > [ Mosquito \[...\] had asked Ear to marry him, whereupon Ear fell on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. "How much longer do you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/mosquito-had-asked-ear-to-marry-him-whereupon-ear-fell-on-the-floor/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/chinua-achebe-781_alive_mosquito-had-asked-ear-to-marry-him-wher_2395639.png) > [I believe in the complexity of the human story, and that there's no way you can tell that story in one way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-believe-in-the-complexity-of-the-human-story-and-that-there-s-no-2/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/chinua-achebe-781_believe_i-believe-in-the-complexity-of-the-human_3170337.png) > [I think that is one of the first things that I got clear in my mind when I began to play around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-think-that-is-one-of-the-first-things-that-i-got-clear-in-my-mind/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/chinua-achebe-781_clear_i-think-that-is-one-of-the-first-things_2337715.png) > [There is something about important stories that is not just the message, but also the way that message is conveyed, the arrangement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/there-is-something-about-important-stories-that-is-not-just-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/chinua-achebe-781_arrangements_there-is-something-about-important-stori_1298197.png) > [Man is sitting disconsolate on an anthill one morning. God asks him what the matter is and man replies that the soil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/man-is-sitting-disconsolate-on-an-anthill-one-morning-god-asks-him/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/chinua-achebe-781_asks_man-is-sitting-disconsolate-on-an-anthil_2841446.jpg) > [My books have done extremely well, I know. But I don't honestly feel much different from when I began to write. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/my-books-have-done-extremely-well-i-know-but-i-don-t-honestly-feel/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/chinua-achebe-781_age_my-books-have-done-extremely-well-i-know_576898.png) > [The market literature, which was particularly strong in Igboland, in Onitsha, today it is no longer strong. It is one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-market-literature-which-was-particularly-strong-in-igboland-in/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/chinua-achebe-781_believe_the-market-literature-which-was-particul_3207652.png) > [When I'm writing, I really want to satisfy myself. I've got a story that I am working on and struggling with, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/when-i-m-writing-i-really-want-to-satisfy-myself-i-ve-got-a-story/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/chinua-achebe-781_i-can_when-i-m-writing-i-really-want-to-satisf_984173.png) > [Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/mr-brown-had-thought-of-nothing-but-numbers-he-should-have-known-that/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/chinua-achebe-781_brown_mr-brown-had-thought-of-nothing-but-numb_233694.jpg) > [If you had been poor in your last life I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/if-you-had-been-poor-in-your-last-life-i-would-have-asked-you-to-be/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/chinua-achebe-781_courage_if-you-had-been-poor-in-your-last-life-i_2220198.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Chinua Achebe > [“In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murdered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/in-such-a-regime-i-say-you-died-a-good-death-if-your-life-had/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/do-not-despair-i-know-you-will-not-despair-you-have-a-manly-and-a/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/my-son-even-if-you-want-to-fall-at-least-fall-where-your-bones-can-be/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“And so Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/and-so-mr-brown-came-to-be-respected-even-by-the-clan-because-he-trod/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others is also making it for himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-have-learned-that-a-man-who-makes-trouble-for-others-is-also-making/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/in-fact-i-thought-that-christianity-was-very-a-good-and-a-very/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [I find Nigeria very frustrating. I am not alone in this. There are many Nigerians abroad. As you know, the brain drain is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-find-nigeria-very-frustrating-i-am-not-alone-in-this-there-are-many/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [I do not actually see how art, literature can be anything other that being in that domain of trying to tell us, trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-do-not-actually-see-how-art-literature-can-be-anything-other-that/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/democracy-is-not-something-you-put-away-for-ten-years-and-then-in-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/when-there-is-a-big-tree-small-ones-climb-on-its-back-to-reach-the-sun/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/when-i-began-going-to-school-and-learned-to-read-i-encountered/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. H. P. LOVECRAFT, attributed, Telling It Like It Is Dancing is very important nowadays.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/almost-nobody-dances-sober-unless-they-happen-to-be-insane-h-p/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/this-is-why-i-find-racism-impossible-because-this-is-against-humanity/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“Then listen to me,' he said and cleared his throat. 'It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/then-listen-to-me-he-said-and-cleared-his-throat-it-s-true-that-a/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [What you must accept is that your life is not going to be the same while you are writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-you-must-accept-is-that-your-life-is-not-going-to-be-the-same/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/chinua-achebe/#itemlist", "name": "26 Way Quotes By Chinua Achebe", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-paves-the-way-for-his-own/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/chinua-achebe-781_greatness_a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-pave_1596199.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/chinua-achebe-781_greatness_a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-pave_1596199.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/chinua-achebe-781_greatness_a-man-who-pays-respect-to-the-great-pave_1596199.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The emperor would prefer the poet to keep away from politics, the emperor's domain, so that he can manage things the way he likes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-emperor-would-prefer-the-poet-to-keep-away-from-politics-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/chinua-achebe-781_domain_the-emperor-would-prefer-the-poet-to-kee_1855548.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/chinua-achebe-781_domain_the-emperor-would-prefer-the-poet-to-kee_1855548.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/chinua-achebe-781_domain_the-emperor-would-prefer-the-poet-to-kee_1855548.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The emperor would prefer the poet to keep away from politics, the emperor's domain, so that he can manage…” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-things-not-to-be-told-this-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. 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