"When there is a big tree small ones……" — Chinua Achebe

"When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun."

— Chinua Achebe

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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe has 162 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to…
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we…
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it,…
I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end.…
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…

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More Big Quotes

This quote is filed under Big Quotes, one of 12,915 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream… — Neil Armstrong
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. — Eve Arnold
I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was,… — Darren Aronofsky
These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see… — Diane Ackerman
I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some… — Michelle Bachelet
Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs… — Michele Bachmann
I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people,… — Michele Bachmann

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