The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

Dare to risk public criticism.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

Humility is attentive patience.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.