44 quotes found
“Rome was not built in a day, but it was built everyday.”
“I learnt years ago not to use logic to understand African politics.”
“Loss taught me. Loss taught me that death comes to both the old and the young.”
“When you have defined yourself, circumstances dont define you they only refine you.”
“When you have defined yourself, circumstances don’t define you – they only refine you.”
“Loss taught me the priceless value of friends. I would have lost it but for my friends.”
“Loss taught me about the frailty and transient nature of man. It taught me humility. It taught me about the urgency of service, of touching lives, of mentoring, of legacy. Of making hay while there...”
“People will doubt you, but do you doubt your own self? People will insult your integrity, but do you trust yourself? If you are at peace with yourself and with God, you can be at peace with the world.”
“Many of us are reactive, not proactive. We react. We hit back. We are an eye for an eye practitioners. We attack when we are attacked, with good measure. Our barometer reads from the environment an...”
“Having the courage to speak one's mind is as important as knowing when the time is right to do so.”
“When the future you see is worse than the present, one begins to worry. And, oh, I speak of Ghanaian politicians. The tadpoles are out-jumping the toads.”
“Be less generous with your advice: live it instead. It is a bad situation when someone with a coughing fit attempts to sell a cough mixture. After all, action speaks far louder than words; living t...”
“Words are cheap but they gain greater worth when they first minister to the speaker of the same.”
“It is more blessed to give than to receive, the Bible advocates. When it comes to advice, I humbly submit that it is more blessed to avail yourself of it, utilise it, apply it yourself, before you ...”
“I grew up in an environment where the onus of raising a child was not on the parents alone but of the entire community. The logic is in that a child who becomes a burden or an armed robber becomes ...”
“Loss taught me the strength of faith. Faith in a God who understands. Faith in a Saviour who gave His all. Faith in a Comforter who walked by my side.”
“Loss taught me the value of tears. Just as the rains come down to wash away debris and dust, tears unleashed can bring relief.”
“Loss taught me. It taught me that I wont have people around me forever. The good I need to do to someone today, I may not have the opportunity to do tomorrow.”
“We love to quote the saying Rome was not built in a day but we fail to remember that Rome was eventually built, and it must have been so magnificent that when people admired it, they were told that...”
“Our mental blocks are more formidable than the physical ones. Bob Marley said it when he asked us to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. You first think what you become. The physical starts f...”
“Dont cause wealth loss to your generation! Life is too short to be little. You have an impact to make on your generation and the time to start was yesterday.”
“Looking around today, I see a lot of young people who act as if they have all the time in the world, and older persons who think this attitude is alright. It is unfortunate that there are young cit...”
“The youth. The youth of Africa. The youth of this world. Are we harnessing the potential of the youth enough? Are the young ones giving off their best to the continent, the nation, the universe tha...”
“Young men and women are causing wealth loss to their generation because they are sitting on inert ideas, bottled-up potential energy and scratching the ground when they should be gliding the skies ...”
