Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

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

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

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!

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

What is to give light must endure burning.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.