Akinola Quotes

#1. But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn to get along here because we will have to get along there. God won't have it any other way.

Gene Robinson

#2. She named him after the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky.

Alan Russell

#3. We have been filled with grief as we have witnessed the decline of the North American Church that was once filled with missionary zeal and yet now seems determined to bury itself in a deadly embrace with the spirit of the age.

Peter Akinola

#4. Shooting 'Adam & Paul' was very tough. There was barely enough time, and the budget was tiny. On top of that, we shot in dangerous locations where we had little or no control or security.

Lenny Abrahamson

#5. The power of the Dark Side cannot be dispersed among the masses. It must be concentrated in the few who are worthy of the honor.

Drew Karpyshyn

#6. We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be upheld come rain, come fire. That is our position.

Peter Akinola

#7. Is the Church of England an Anglican church? The church did not start in Canterbury, the church did not start in Rome. Whether Canterbury is Anglican or not is immaterial. We are Anglicans. They are the Church of England.

Peter Akinola

#8. Happy is the moment we sit together, with two forms, with two faces, yet one soul. You and I.

Rumi

#9. If you have realistically low expectations, you'll end up pleased in most circumstances.

David Brooks

#10. A reader meeting another reader is an encounter of kindred spirits. The pleasure of such a joyous event is impossible to describe to a nonreader, and why would I bother? But you, with this book in your hand, are familiar with the phenomenon, and so it is not necessary.

Paul Theroux

#11. The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed.

Peter Akinola

#12. I didn't create poverty. This church didn't create poverty. Poverty is not an issue, human suffering is not an issue at all, they were there before the creation of mankind.

Peter Akinola

#13. All Nigerians must learn from Christ and be determined to imbibe the lesson of divine condescension.

Peter Akinola

#14. Like all successful politicians I married above myself.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#15. By walking on the path of unhappiness you can learn the things that can never be learned on the path of happiness! He who knows well only the light is very poor; he who knows well the darkness besides the light is very rich!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#16. Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.

Yusuf Hamied

#17. I still have friends from primary school. And my two best girlfriends are from secondary school. I don't have to explain anything to them. I don't have to apologize for anything. They know. There's no judgment in any way.

Emma Watson

#18. The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be passed since the idea expressed in the bill is the moral position of Nigerians regarding human sexuality.

Peter Akinola

#19. It is wrong to use equal language for unequal actions.

Peter Akinola

#20. We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery. We in the church are saying no. We are prepared to live by what God says, not what you say. Man shall not sleep with man, woman shall not sleep with woman.

Peter Akinola

#21. I was shocked to my marrow the very first time I heard the Church is saying a man can marry a man. What? It is from that shock, that surprise, how is that possible? Is it a kind of experiment or something? They are sick or tired of normal heterosexual relationships? How could that be?

Peter Akinola

#22. Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break.

Peter Akinola

#23. We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation.

Peter Akinola

#24. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#25. We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.

Peter Akinola

#26. Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.

Peter Akinola