A Quote by Mo Abudu

Change Won’t Happen Immediately, as Nigeria’s Problems Didn’t Start Overnight

Mo Abudu

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Mo Abudu
Nigerian - Host
Born: September 11, 1964

Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical mass of understanding of the issues.

Edward Snowden

The whole thing about bullying is: yes, the culture has to change. Yes, teens have the power to change it. It’s not going to happen overnight, but this is definitely something that I want to start motivating teens to do today." - Publisher Weekly

Susane Colasanti

You have to appreciate the slow grind because success is not going to happen overnight. It can happen overnight, but that's not my journey.

Davante Adams

Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in 1955. Then it was nearly a decade until the Civil Rights Act was passed.

Kabir Sehgal

Change won't happen overnight.

IronE Singleton

Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call it 'the secret to being an overnight success,' which means there really isn't a such thing as an overnight success. ! The secret is you work really hard for 10 years, and then you become an overnight success.

Jon Gordon

... Change doesn't happen overnight-it's molded by people who don't give up

Mary E. Pearson

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

Paula Deen

I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. In the journey of entrepreneurship, tenacity of purpose is supreme.

Aliko Dangote

Cities and regions change. It doesn't happen overnight, but diversifying your economy is the only real route.

Jim Gray

This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.

Christiana Figueres

I can guarantee you that at least 90% of my people that are my age group in Nigeria - who are considered the youth - had no clue about how Nigeria, the real origins of Nigeria.

Burna Boy

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.

William James

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.