Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

Common sense is not so common.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

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

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Freedom lies in being bold.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.