... A canonical leader is someone whose exemplary rule might have appeared to be for the alleviation of the pains and miseries of a particular group, but which in reality is for the advancement of humanism...

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A grandmother’s love is selfless all the way to the bones.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A land is precious, but ours is to be revered.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

... A legendary leader distinguishes himself as someone who gets ahead of his people from an impasse and futile consensus, and then finds new grounds that constitute the base from which a unique course of his people’s destiny is charted...

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A man can’t talk of true happiness if he has never known true love—the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A man has a hard time feeling fulfilled when he lives a life that does not serve a purpose that is more than himself.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

A man who does not honor the company of his true friends will never see the light of true love.

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando