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

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

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

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

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.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

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.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

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

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.