“Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.”

A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.

We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations.

He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who seek Him shall find Him.

The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.

Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.

Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life.

History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.

Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.

Wise men change, fools stay the same.

Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.

To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.

The army teaches boys to think like men.