“If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.”

—  T. B. Joshua

On the 2007 Nigerian Elections - "Selfless Service" http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread2/219944/1/ Modern Ghana (May 28 2009)

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Nigerian Christian leader 1963

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