Archive for August, 2008

A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was “too crowded.”

“I can’t go to Sunday School,” she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by.

Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the hand, took her inside and found a place for her in the Sunday school class. The child was so happy that they found room for her, and she went to bed that night thinking of the children who have no place to worship Jesus.

Some two years later, this child lay dead in one of the poor tenement buildings.. (more…)

Hi guys…..take a look at some interesting quotes below.

Business

“I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.”
 - Dudley Field Malone

“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute is begins to rain.”
- Mark Twain


“The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, ‘Go!’ -  a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’”
 - E.M. Kelly

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

 - Anonymous

“If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.”
 - Anonymous

“First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.”
 - Leo Rosten

“There are two rules to success in life: 1. Don’t tell people everything you know.”
 - Unknown

Dating

“You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.” (more…)

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It’s been raining very seriously everyday for 4 straight days in Lagos. ‘Cats and dogs’ don’t adequately describe the intensity of these rains i’m talking about. ‘Lions and wolves’ seems more like it. I was “fortunate” enough to get caught up in the rains one way or another everyday. Two days ago, I went for a meeting at Victoria Island, Lagos and was drenched in the rain. I laughably took the BRT which was fine until I got down at CMS. It was as if the rain had been waiting for my feet to touch the ground from the bus. It came pouring down with a fury. It didn’t help matters either that I was on an okada. (more…)