“ This stupidity of sounding a siren and speeding through traffic with a coffin must be an African speciality. Nana Awere Damoah
“ 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 we k… Nana Awere Damoah
“ Having the courage to speak one's mind is as important as knowing when the time is right to do so. Nana Awere Damoah
“ Our mental blocks are more formidable than the physical ones. Bob Marley said it when he asked us to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. You first think what you become. The physical starts from… Nana Awere Damoah
“ People will doubt you, but do you doubt your own self? People will insult your integrity, but do you trust yourself? If you are at peace with yourself and with God, you can be at peace with the world. Nana Awere Damoah
“ Stupidity, once it overcomes its initial state of inertia, is sustained by its own momentum. Nana Awere Damoah
“ 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 had t… Nana Awere Damoah
“ When the future you see is worse than the present, one begins to worry. And, oh, I speak of Ghanaian politicians. The tadpoles are out-jumping the toads. Nana Awere Damoah
“ The politicians will reduce effusions with gbeshie-inspired confidence on political platforms if there are no cheering crowds. Nana Awere Damoah
“ 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. Nana Awere Damoah
“ 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 in t… Nana Awere Damoah
“ It is only by our hands that we can build this continent to the standard that we envy and admire in the advanced countries. Nana Awere Damoah
“ 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. Nana Awere Damoah
“ 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 sp… Nana Awere Damoah
“ When you have defined yourself, circumstances don’t define you – they only refine you. Nana Awere Damoah
“ Our beliefs about our abilities and the capabilities we have are usually the limiting reactants in the chain reaction of our lives. Nana Awere Damoah
“ We love to quote the saying “Rome was not built in a day” but we fail to remember that Rome was eventually built, and it must have been so magnificent that when people admired it, they were told that… Nana Awere Damoah
“ Don’t 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. Nana Awere Damoah
