Top 400 Michael Bassey Johnson Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Time is not running out. Ideas are not running out. You are just running out of patience.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

152. “Confidence cannot escalate to arrogance, it only happens if the blood of pride is running through your veins.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

153. “You may be a person I admire, but you can’t be a person that everyone admires. You are not everyone’s favourite, but you are someone’s favourite whether you like them or not.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

154. “In the kingdom of spices, garlic is the king.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

155. “The most brilliant student in class is a god and the rest are morons.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

156. “A stupid is one who thinks that those in power today had clandestine means of getting there, yet wants to get there without thinking of the clandestine route they would be taking.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

157. “Predators prey on the weak; poets prey on brilliant ideas.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

158. “A beautiful woman should always have at the back of her mind that her ravishing appearance is only an ephemeral quality. When she wakes up in the morning, looks into the mirror, and notices that something is fading away, she knows that the time is ripe for marriage. She should be careful of who she takes into her life because the union is gonna be everlasting.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

159. “A good listener is one who always pays attention, not to gain, but to learn.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

160. “Miss the flight. Miss the boat. Miss the class. Miss the party. But, never ever miss your dream.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

161. “I don’t fancy colors of the face, I’m always attracted to colors of the brain.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

162. “When someone comes around at that dreary moment, when all hope was lost, and thorns emerged. And that fellow, walks on that thorn just to cross to your side, to bear the pains for your sake, to bleed, to self-destroy himself, just to protect you. He places you above his priorities, and doesn’t give a damn whatsoever taunt he receives, his foremost desire is to make sure you are save, feel loved and cared for, and that’s the true definition of love.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

163. “Bad dreams do not hurt. An absence of it does.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

164. “Concentration is a powerful force, it is the mark of seriousness that attracts certain energies to complete your half-done work.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

165. “Roots cannot grow into trees if there are no supernatural elements in the soil. Man cannot grow wealthy and famous if he doesn’t contribute to either, the good or evil.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

166. “Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

167. “The choices that women make sometimes seems provoking and at the same time amusing. I once met a lady who said she liked my amusing facial expression.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

168. “Keep a sharp eye on the game, and not the money. Money will pass away, but the game will play on.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

169. “It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and flying out of the corrosive fire. The coward is a trickster serpent, which vanishes in your time of despair, and appears in time of equanimity.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

170. “Our talents are living things, we give birth to them, nourish them till they grow and become immortal.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

171. “The Infinity sign goes round and round without an end, and true love bears the same pattern.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

172. “If you can drink from the fountain, why then, should you request for a drink of water from the cup?”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

173. “In solitude, listen to your heart, for at that moment, it speaks nothing but the truth.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

174. “Being always right is not always right in the wrong places.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

175. “You think you are a loser just because you haven’t yet won. When you start winning, you will realize that your insinuations were just a figment of your imagination.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

176. “Like the sand of the earth, your gifts are countless, and some are stepping on theirs without knowing.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

177. “Your enemies are not to be destroyed, grant them longevity to witness your success.”

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178. “Don’t allow anyone to hold you back from expressing your feelings. Maybe you just can’t stand a chance of losing some friends, but if you must be truly you, you must be you! Nothing else!”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

179. “A bitter critic is the sweetest corrector.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

180. “A true woman of virtue is one who will socialize with every man on earth, and doesn’t share her body with any of them.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

181. “Stars are meant to shine in the night sky. Be among the stars. Shine bright!”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

182. “True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, ‘this is my own’! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

183. “A dream is a short trip into the mind’s museum.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

184. “He who loves nature loves peace.”

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185. “If you really want to be different, you’d better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

186. “There are greater things to be achieved in every new year, and each and everyone must prepare themselves to be great, not by words of the mouth, but by alot of sacrifices.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

187. “There are things you need to know that you already know.”

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188. “Sometimes you hear people saying that there is a secret to get to where you wanna be, but at a certain point, you discover that you are the secret of your success.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

189. “Going to church is not a sign of going to God, if you think he is omnipresent, he is right there in your soul and bedroom.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

190. “There are better people in the world, do not let the worst do the worst to you, you deserve the best in life.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

191. “You can find a temporary happiness in things like drinking liquor or smoking a joint. But the true one comes when you start embarking on a journey of doing something worthy of esteem and emulation.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

192. “Life begins when you start something, and blooms when you keep doing it.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

193. “My imagination is like the sea, it is deeper than you can imagine.”

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194. “The passage is free for those who think you are not good enough for them: at your level, I think the best option is to sit back, relax and listen to a cool music, while watching them pack out of your life, and that’s when you feel the intense release from the pit of hell.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

195. “In a world of the ordinary and predictable, be a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

196. “A deep kiss can put you in an emotional state of coma, sometimes in a reckless vulnerability, we lose virginity and sanity, and maybe our bond of love becomes strong or weak.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

197. “Step into your track and begin your steps till you reach the end because life is a personal journey.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

198. “I feel better when I am surrounded, not by humans, but by trees.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

199. “When it rains, God sits on his throne and listens to his favorite music – the sound of thunder.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

200. “Every positive attempt was as a result of encouragement, every encouragement leads to success.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson