Top 400 Michael Bassey Johnson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

2. “Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

3. “Those who pray for your downfall are concentrating negative thoughts towards you, without taking cognisance of the slippery ground in which they are standing, which could lead to their downfall.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

4. “A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

5. “Keep your problems to yourself, if its too much for you, kill it slowly till it disappears from your life.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

6. “Pretend to be poor in reality and you’ll notice a decrease in your friends list and request.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

7. “Whenever you feel down, take a long walk in nature.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

8. “If roses could talk, they would not boast of their beauty, because they know that they have always been beautiful.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

9. “Like butter spread on bread, spread love, joy and laughter.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

10. “Negative people will always be there to stain your pure image with their dirty tongues and brushes, but you’ll always remain as white as snow, no matter how high the quality of paint they use.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

11. “Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

12. “Laughter is the only medicine in the world that can’t be purchased at the pharmacy.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

13. “One way of keeping your dreams alive is to keep it to yourself. It can save you and protect your dreams to a greater extent.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

14. “Observe the behavior of the butterfly, and chase no one, for they will only elude you.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

15. “Slow and steady wins the race, not the person who wants to climb the whole stairs in one stride.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

16. “Your dream is a portal to your destiny.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

17. “Some people can hate you and perhaps hire others to join the bandwagon, but one thing is certain; they can’t turn God against you.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

18. “Most people want to be accepted without query. They feel there is nothing wrong with their character. They like causing trouble, but then feel aggravated when you cause the same kind of trouble.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

19. “Most people don’t help their friends because they fear they might grow an inch taller than them.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

20. “Possession is not only when the devil plays hide and seek in your brain or poison your medula oblongata with negativity, but it is also when you are under the influence of the same specie as you!”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

21. “It is easy to remove a weevil from a grain, but hard to reverse the damage it does.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

22. “If heaven was hot and hell was chilly, tell me, why would you go to heaven?”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

23. “To the loner, loneliness is a treasure that cannot be traded, even for the nicest of companies.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

24. “If you wait for the mango fruits to fall, you’d be wasting your time while others are learning how to climb the tree.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

25. “Follow the light of your intuition, and keep away from the darkness of convention.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

26. “No other sound can match the healing power of the sounds of nature.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

27. “I saw a tree dancing in the wind, and it said to me, ‘I’m not doing this to entertain you, but to remind you of what life is – a dance in the wind!”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

28. “Buy a gift for a dog, and you’ll be amazed at the way it will dance and swerve its tail, but if don’t have anything to offer to it, it won’t even recognize your arrival; such are the attributes of fake friends.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

29. “There are numerous Starseeds on this planet and they are here to illumine all of the dark corners of this earth.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

30. “When your absence is felt, your presence is the essence and it makes a difference.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

31. “Your voice is the most potent magic in existence.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

32. “Your real self may be hiding somewhere, look for it within, when you find yourself, you can freely be what you want to be.”

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33. “Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

34. “Division and separation means no harm to the society. It makes everyone unique.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

35. “Plants and flowers taught me how to grow, by growing in secret and in silence.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

36. “The night taught me never to fear the dark times, by giving way to the dawn of a new day.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

37. “Sometimes your dearest friend whom you reveal most of your secrets to becomes so deadly and unfriendly without knowing that they were not really your friend.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

38. “Sometimes, the mistake is not the problem; the lack of remorse is the real mistake.”

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39. “Let your heart shine even more than your face. The beautiful contents of your heart can never be forgotten, but your face will be a history.”

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40. “A lie can only make a temporary sense. The truth is permanent and lasts forever.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

41. “No matter how valuable you are and your ideas, fools will certainly play both of you down, so exclude yourselves from the inflammatory environs of fools.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

42. “A fool tries to outshine the sun; the wise gets closer to the sun and learns the art of shining.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

43. “Bad people often end up as heroes.”

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44. “The sunshine coming through your window isn’t a thief, but a special guest.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

45. “Reach for the stars, even though they are a million miles away from you.”

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46. “Always remember that you were once alone, and the crowd you see in your life today are just as unecessary as when you were alone.”

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47. “An artist obsessed with perfection is bound to dim the light of his art.”

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48. “Music replays the past memories, awaken our forgotten worlds and make our minds travel.”

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49. “In nature, every distraction is an inspiration.”

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50. “Like water, life is precious, but most people, through their lack of empathy, prefer to waste it.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson