Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now I feel better.

I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you’re not using?

The more I speak and travel, I realize I don't have it that bad. There are so many people that have it so much worse than I do.

There is always someone worse off than yourself.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.

Sometimes you have to understand your place.

I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

Humility is truth.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

Who is happy with his appearance? I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder.

Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.