"Children give this joy that is so pure and unmatched. The work it takes to watch after them, care for them, and provide for them is tasking and rewarding at the same time."

"The word Nolly implies negativity. I studied Latin and the word nolly means nothing. It is a negative thing."

"Since I cannot change a thing in that past, I have learnt to move on."

"Hard work always pays. Shoes of iron leave prints on the sands of time."

"I want to be remembered for those things that are enduring than the volume of work that I have done."

"The thing about people riding range rovers and living in mansions in Ikoyi and so on, I think it's absolutely fake. There is no actor in Nigeria that would say he can buy or she can buy a Range Rover from acting fees alone."

"The first thing people forgo when they don’t have money is entertainment."

"The industry has also made me to understand that life itself is transient, and not all that glitters is gold."

"Basically, nothing prepares you for anything. But education is very important. When you are educated, it means you are trainable."

"There is something about nature—everyone has their own time. Everyone has their turn. Someone who doesn’t make it today may succeed tomorrow. When it is your time, don’t overdo things. Someone else’s time will come too."

"I think if you’re part of a problem, you can’t be part of the solution."

"You ask someone what they do and they say they’re a politician. Is that a job? It’s a call to service. But for these guys, that’s where they earn a living. People steal with impunity and there’s no integrity among our leaders."

"I am who people say I am. I can not tell you I'm this or that. It is who pipo say I am that I am."

"When it happens, it happens."

"Marriage is an investment that takes a lot of time to yield: that is because you invest your time, energy, money and everything. And you have to be careful, because what suits you might not suit the other person."

"A good actor must be talented and know the rudiments on the profession. That means you have to go to school. Education is very important in this business."

"I believe some actors are born but they must work hard to be made."

"All I said that a good actor should know what his people want. And because I know, therefore I am good. Again, you cannot be a good actor if you are not well- trained or groomed in the profession."

"One has to be very careful in this society when people choose to fly before walking."

"You have to keep practicing, you don’t stop even when you are upset, you must carry on. When you are sad, you do it, when you are happy, you do it as well. There is no other magic"

"When you are good, money comes. When you are good, they pay for your services. Some actors live and die poor because they are not good enough."

"I have always faced challenges with the positive mindset that I would always succeed. I have always told myself that there is no problem that cannot be circumvented."

"When I am working, I am a different person. I don’t care if you are my friend or not, if you aren’t good, I won’t put you in that movie."

"What has kept me going? Hard work, Perseverance and most of all, I have great passion for acting."

"One takes a vow when one wants to get married, and it is for better and for worse. Not for better, for us. One will always think it is greener on the other side. That is the mistake we all make."

"If you hurt the Igbo man once in politics, that is it; he will never allow you to hurt him again. He will recoil into himself and stay there. That’s the average Igbo man."

"It is my firm belief that the development of any state must begin at the grassroots."

"Engaging with our communities fosters a strong bond between Representatives and residents, building bridges of trust and interdependence — the true hallmark of our democracy."

"From my experience, I got to know that it is better to be jailed than to be put in detention. While in jail, you can have access to visitors but such would never happen if you are in detention. They will take you away in the night and you will not know where you are being taken to."

"Fatherhood makes one mature, act responsible, and think very well before taking action. This is because one’s children and wife are conscious of what one is doing. It has also made me to be more focused."

"My mother always warned me, even before I started acting, that if I don’t have the intention to eat anything, I should not even smell it."

"I try to see every negative review as an opportunity to learn something about my performance and to improve in the future."

"Truth be told, everybody wants to associate themselves with a work-in-progress, I am a work-in-progress."

"I suffered when suffering was still original."

"I believe that there is always an alternative for everything I do."

"Education is something you have that no one can take away from you. No matter how successful you are, education will make it better. As much as people accept me and my brand, I believe that the name would be bigger than this if I were educated."

"You are not a celebrity if you are not being celebrated, you can’t keep moving if you are not being appreciated, you will not grow if they don’t like what you do."

"Nothing lasts forever."

"The truth is that they say anything that a woman has a hand in brings forth success, so if I’m loved by women, then I’m a success."

"If anybody really claims to love me and my brand, they will protect everything that has to do with me."

"There are some things that can’t be changed and there is nothing you can do about them"

"When you do not call for help, how will they know you are sick?"