Ruth Kadiri

"Take every opportunity you get; you never know which one will help you accomplish your goal."

"Stop comparing your life to others. There’s no comparison between the SUN and the MOON. They shine when it’s their time."

"I have learnt to be patient. I have learnt to understand that people’s destinies are different. I have also learnt to understand that not everybody will appreciate your style, not everybody will understand where you are coming from. All you need as a person is focus."

"There is this rush in me, it is there, and you can feel it inside you, knowing that somebody is going to make use of it. It comes at the end of the script you write knowing you have been able to come up with something that someone else will make use of what you are doing. Then, knowing that not everybody can do what you are doing."

"Growing up in the slum helps you to find yourself. It’s either you are defined or you are not. Growing up as a child in Ajegunle, it’s either you get lost or it helps you find your way."

"As a child I have always known what I wanted. In my room I had a write-up that when I become eighteen I would rent my own apartment."

"You don’t decide when you find the right person, so wherever you find yourself at whatever point in life, it’s important to be happy at that stage."

"Both writing and acting, I don’t see myself trying to compare them. It is my duty to do my job and it is people’s duty to analyse it. Success is getting to a point where you are comfortable with what you have and you are happy with it and this is exactly how I feel."

"One Nigeria can truly not work, except these excesses can boldly and truly be checked."

"Wealth and assets have no hiding place."

"Stop trying to replace your ex. What’s gone is gone. Trust yourself to make better choices and make corrections from your initial error. If you still haven’t healed, give yourself time to."

"What’s gone is gone, what’s lost is lost. Trust in your destiny, you will find love. and it will find you."