44 quotes found
“Dont under-rate the scope of your influence in your youth. Dont think you have all the time to make a difference in this world. Recognize that both brown and green leaves fall to the ground.”
“Dont wait till you have grey hair before you believe people will take you seriously because scientifically, grey hair is a sign of old age and not necessarily of wisdom.”
“Our beliefs about our abilities and the capabilities we have are usually the limiting reactants in the chain reaction of our lives.”
“When you have defined yourself, circumstances dont define you they only refine you.”
“Collectively, as a people, we have to upgrade our standards and expectations of our political leaders and ourselves, hold them and our own selves accountable for the promises we make, and insist on...”
“Stupidity, once it overcomes its initial state of inertia, is sustained by its own momentum.”
“Social media has helped make the world flatter and reduced the degrees of separation, leading to the situation where many can interact with people who, but for this platform, they may never have ha...”
“My cardinal belief is that it is the natives of the land that till the land best, with passion and meaning. The advanced nations of this world built their countries by the sweat of their indigenes.”
“It is only by our hands that we can build this continent to the standard that we envy and admire in the advanced countries.”
“Oral tradition is practised in most African cultures: ideals, family histories and legacies are handed down from one generation to the other physically or verbally. However, this system is flawed i...”
“Come to Africa and help! Wherever you may be in the world, there is something you can give back to the continent that gave you a name and an identity, at least.”
“This stupidity of sounding a siren and speeding through traffic with a coffin must be an African speciality.”
“I learnt years ago not to use logic to understand African politics.”
“Nkrumah declared that we faced neither East nor West but we faced forward. But, see, we can face forward and just look at the horizon. Sometimes, as I think of Ghana, I am tempted to believe that w...”
“Rome was not built in a day, but it was built everyday.”
“The politicians will reduce effusions with gbeshie-inspired confidence on political platforms if there are no cheering crowds.”
“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 ...”
“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...”
“Loss taught me. It taught me that I won’t have people around me forever. The good I need to do to someone today, I may not have the opportunity to do tomorrow.”
“Don’t 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.”
