Top 100 Janvier Chouteu-Chando Quotes
#1. You know you are getting old when yesterday turns out to be a fading memory you have difficulties recollecting, when today becomes a challenge that is hard to grasp and when tomorrow promises an uncertainty that you dread encountering.
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#2. With true love, you can move mountains, make unusual sacrifices, live a life of deprivations and still be happy.
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#3. Even with all its positive attributes, capitalism in its imperialistic form is the most treacherous system mankind ever devised. It is driven by a selfishness that has an almost religious underlining to it.
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#4. Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality.
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#5. Nothing crushes the soul of a father more than the loss of the beloved son he failed to lavish his love on.
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#6. It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary.
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#7. ...Past joys and achievements give us the outlines of how to get to a state of happiness again. That memory is a treasure that can never be taken away. At least we know where we were, what we have lost, what we miss and what more to add to our experiences.
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#8. The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns,
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#10. I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don't know or haven't made the effort to understand.
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#11. True heroes don't fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress.
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#12. A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it.
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#13. We need the wisdom to accept the fact that this world abounds with issues we cannot solve; and we need to part ways with those people, ideas and things that are a vexation to the soul.
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#14. ...A canonical leader is someone whose exemplary rule might have appeared to be for the alleviation of the pains and miseries of a particular group, but which in reality is for the advancement of humanism...
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#15. Survivors and prevailers are those who love themselves above failure and everything else except the abstract and mysterious.
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#16. Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don't want to be a slave to external powers.
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#17. True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,
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#19. Most people live lives that are full of mysteries, lives whose ultimate purpose we may never really understand. But for the sake of serenity, we must believe in life's nobleness.
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#20. ...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging; thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups...
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#22. Remember these, Sons! Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based on truth and nurtured with tenderness will be to the benefit not only of Kamerun and France, but also of mankind as a whole.
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#23. Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.
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#24. Never go for someone that represents something that is more of a fantasy than reality in this crazy world of lonely people, unless it is for the shortest time possible, and unless you have clearly figured out an exit strategy.
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#25. Huh! Mankind always comes up with ideas to make up for the follies of the status quo. But what happens if those ideas are inflexible and fail to respond to the changing times. They end up betraying the people who believed in them.
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#26. Writers are the most tormented of all the different categories of artists that are out there in the world.
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#28. You can't say you love man as an individual if you have not dealt with the person's complex personality, his or her unfamiliar habits, disturbing impulses and biological makeup.
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#29. The good shall prevail in the end, the truth shall be the rule and the Cameroonian soul shall be free," Hans said in an emotion-choked voice, "However, we should never lose our heads; we should always be prepared to forgive all the repentant souls.
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#32. Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus.
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#33. ...only the dreamers of a dream are capable of translating their dreams into worthy practical endeavors that are devoid of haunting errors. After all, they are the ones who carefully observed the link between their dreams and reality; they are the ones who worked consciously to blend them into one.
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#35. The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul.
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#37. In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.
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#38. ...True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They never test their talents. These latent talents will only help to produce the next cycle of dropouts...
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#40. ...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their people's way of life...
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#43. Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to.
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#44. The masses often let themselves down and even those at the forefront who are hoisting the flag of the cause that is intended to alleviate their miseries.
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#45. Man craves joy far more than anything else in life, but there is nothing as madly intoxicating as the feeling of joy that comes from the soul.
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#47. Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows.
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#48. When we tend to be too hard on those we love, we erode the softness of our souls in the process, taking out the humanity within us that is the nucleus of our goodness, even if our actions are for their own sake.
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#50. The true leaders of our time, the legends of this world or the movers of the movers are the towering figures that are blessed with beautiful minds, receptive ears and directing voices. They are the ones we should emulate in life.
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#51. ...A legendary leader distinguishes himself as someone who gets ahead of his people from an impasse and futile general consensus, and then finds new grounds that constitute the base from which a unique course of his people's destiny is charted...
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#52. Societies and people that come close to being happy are those that do well in narrowing the disparity between their desires and their needs, especially the material things of life.
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#54. What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?
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#55. It is not something we often find out; but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary.
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#56. A woman's love is all a man should expect from his wife. That love could be translated into so many positive things, especially if it is reciprocated.
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#57. A true businessperson should also be a true humanist who understands that he stands to gain the most in a world that is stable for those he deals with, even if they do not fare as well as he does.
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#58. When somebody you love dies, a phase of life's innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well.
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#59. ...Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving that peace entails going through a complicated and protracted process,
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#60. A man can't talk of true happiness if he has never known true love - the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted.
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#61. Writers understand the world better, but they lack the strength to change it. Perhaps that is so because they understand their limitations more than others.
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#62. ...political realism is the way forward for any system that is genuinely for humanity or for the interest and advancement of the people of this world.
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#63. Most of the truly kind people of this world show some measure of discomfort when offered kindness. Their gratitude stems not only from their understanding of the depth of the force of kindness, but also from their conviction that kindness should not be taken for granted.
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#64. What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?
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#65. There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds.
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#66. The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors.
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#67. ...There is no worse way to abuse a man's patriotism than to estrange him from his homeland, be it his ancestral or adopted land...
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#69. What is the purpose of wealth if it cannot serve an ideal that enhances humanity and betters the lives of the people, even if that means those we have never met before in our lives?
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#71. Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures of their days, the types who give much artistic expression to the world, but who are lonely in their overcrowded worlds of love.
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#72. Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the first time.
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#73. We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.
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#74. Don't be afraid of those failures that do not lead to a loss of life or that do not incapacitate people.
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#75. The narrow-minded find it convenient to create stereotypes, and then try to fit everybody, everything and every situation into those stereotypes.
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#76. There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the moment. Never rely on their love because it is not sustainable. Their love is alike a comet that illuminates the sky, but then fades away because it lacks the sustainable energy of the sun.
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#77. Son, it is bad for a man to be condemned by his children, more so by the sons he cherishes.
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#78. In your selflessness pursuit of things higher than yourself, you appear selfish or inconsiderate to those who truly love you and who have cared deeply about you from the first day you came into their lives.
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#79. ...No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a man's world is most serene when he has people to trust and call friends. After all, is it not often said that a friend is another self?
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#80. Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.
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#81. It was one thing to be fooled, and another thing to be taken for a fool all the time.
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#83. ... People who are the spices of this world are the natural souls with instincts and impulses that have not been pruned by evolution and civilization.
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#84. So, you see; you have the soul of a missionary, the heart of a revolutionary and the mind of a reformer. But what are you to yourself and the family and friends who will always be there for you?
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#85. Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process.
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#86. Judgments based on preconceptions make life simple for us to deal with since that means we safely shield ourselves behind barriers of preconception that helped us feel safe in whatever views or assumptions we are having.
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#89. Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?
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#90. Having a deep sense of understanding is a huge burden for a mind that can't directly influence things.
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#91. ...History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes make them stronger.
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#92. Sometimes, our pride compels us to engage in costly wars when a true commitment to a compromising peace would have been the best course to pursue.
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#94. In dealing with others, man is inherently a slave to his preconceptions, to the stereotypes he became familiar with that made life easier for him to comprehend.
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#95. We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth.
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#96. Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.
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#97. We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth.
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#98. He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.
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#99. Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him.
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#100. It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even easier to make friends than you can find people to trust as friends.
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